Orange County, California
Orange County, California has 16.9 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 2 records, against 1.8 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 631 MW of planned generation across 4 projects. That is 0.6% of California's data center MW.
Orange County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 4 of its 4 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
of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 16.9 MW of data centers against 1.8 GW of plants, with 631 MW more planned.
Data centers by status
2 records, 16.9 MW
The data center pipeline
1 record list a year online or expected, from 2023 to 2023. No record lists a year at or after the snapshot. 1 record list no year.
Data center MW by year online or expected
Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.
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| Year | Records | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 12 |
Who is building in Orange
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| DataBank | 2 | 17 |
Power generation in the county
93 plants operate inside Orange County, 1.8 GW. The queue adds 631 MW across 4 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Orange County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas | Operating | 25 | 1,350.2 |
| Battery Storage | Operating | 29 | 270.2 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 4 | 631 |
| Landfill Gas | Operating | 12 | 59.5 |
| Solar | Operating | 15 | 46.8 |
| Biomass | Operating | 8 | 22.5 |
| Hydro | Operating | 3 | 12.3 |
| Other | Operating | 1 | 1 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2029 | 2 | 226.3 |
| 2030 | 0 | 0 |
| 2031 | 0 | 0 |
| 2032 | 2 | 404.7 |
Orange County against its neighbors
Los Angeles County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 209.4 MW, more than Orange County. 4 of the 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County | 9 | 13,010 | 0.01x | ||
| Orange County this page | 2 | 631 | 0.01x | ||
| San Diego County | 2 | 1,929 | 0x | ||
| Riverside County | 1 | 15,127 | 0x | ||
| San Bernardino County | 0 | 12,508 | 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.
5 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
4 projects in Orange County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Orange County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 4 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 Orange County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 99 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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