Merced County, California
Merced County, California has 76 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 42 operating plants totaling 849.9 MW and 34 planned projects totaling 7 GW. No data center record lists the county. Battery Storage leads with 3.9 GW across 21 projects.
Merced County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 5 of its 6 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
more planned than operating generation in Merced County. 34 projects in the queue would add 7 GW to the 849.9 MW operating today.
Technology mix
76 projects, 7.8 GW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
42 plants operate inside Merced County, 849.9 MW. The queue adds 7 GW across 34 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Merced County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Storage | Operating | 2 | 1.4 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 19 | 3,855.2 |
| Solar | Operating | 20 | 361.3 |
| Solar | Planned | 10 | 2,864.9 |
| Hydro | Operating | 16 | 455.3 |
| Wind | Operating | 1 | 17.4 |
| Wind | Planned | 5 | 273.3 |
| Biomass | Operating | 3 | 14.5 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 749.8 |
| 2027 | 8 | 710 |
| 2028 | 1 | 257 |
| 2029 | 3 | 576 |
| 2030 | 3 | 1,035.4 |
| 2031 | 5 | 1,313 |
| 2032 | 2 | 2,352.2 |
Merced County against its neighbors
Santa Clara County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 1.9 GW. 5 of the 5 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara County | 51 | 1,190 | 1x | ||
| Fresno County | 0 | 21,505 | 0x | ||
| Stanislaus County | 0 | 1,443 | 0x | ||
| Merced County this page | 0 | 6,993 | 0x | ||
| Madera County | 0 | 727 | 0x | ||
| San Benito County | 0 | 225 | 0x |
Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.
6 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
16 projects in Merced County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Merced County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 16 changes.
| Project | Change | Technology | MW | Previous date | New date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rows are hidden on public pages. Members see the project behind each change, its developer and the dates that moved.
Every record in Merced County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 76 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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