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Sacramento County, California

Sacramento County, California has 109.6 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 7 records, against 1.8 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 718.8 MW of planned generation across 5 projects. That is 3.6% of California's data center MW.

Data as of Grid region: Balancing Authority of Northern CaliforniaRefreshed monthly
109.6MW
data centers, planned to operating
7
data center records, not cancelled
3.6%
of California's data center MW
1.8GW
operating generation, 82 projects
718.8MW
planned generation, 5 projects
4
data center developers active here
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Sacramento County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 8 of its 8 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Amador 41 MW El Dorado no data centers San Joaquin no data centers Contra Costa no data centers Sacramento 109.6 MW Solano no data centers Sutter no data centers Placer no data centers Yolo no data centers
no data center MWunder 100 MW100 to 1,000 MW1,000 to 5,000 MW5,000 to 15,000 MW15,000 MW or more no page yet

Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers

Headline finding
6%

of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 109.6 MW of data centers against 1.8 GW of plants, with 718.8 MW more planned.

Data centers, planned to operating109.6 MW
Operating generation1.8 GW
Planned generation718.8 MW

Data centers by status

7 records, 109.6 MW

Operating91.6 MW6 records, 84%
Planned18 MW1 record, 16%
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The data center pipeline

2 records list a year online or expected, from 2013 to 2019. No record lists a year at or after the snapshot. 5 records list no year.

Figure 1

Data center MW by year online or expected

Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.

Through 20252026 and later
02468 7 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 8 2019
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YearRecordsMW
201317
201400
201500
201600
201700
201800
201918
Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. 2 records with a year; 5 without are left out
Figure 2

Who is building in Sacramento

Data center developers by MW on record. Top 4 of 4.

NTT 74.2 MW 3 sites
Prime Data Centers 26 MW 2 sites
QTS 6.8 MW 1 site
EdgeConneX 2.6 MW 1 site
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DeveloperSitesMW
NTT374
Prime Data Centers226
QTS17
EdgeConneX13
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Power generation in the county

82 plants operate inside Sacramento County, 1.8 GW. The queue adds 718.8 MW across 5 projects.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Sacramento County

OperatingPlanned
Natural GasOperating 1.1 GW 14 projects
SolarOperating 386.2 MW 54 projects
SolarPlanned 200 MW 1 project
Battery StoragePlanned 518.8 MW 4 projects
HydroOperating 212 MW 5 projects
Landfill GasOperating 21.4 MW 7 projects
OilOperating 1 MW 2 projects
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
Natural GasOperating141,129.5
SolarOperating54386.2
SolarPlanned1200
Battery StoragePlanned4518.8
HydroOperating5212
Landfill GasOperating721.4
OilOperating21
Operating: 1.8 GW. Planned: 718.8 MW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 2.5 GW against 109.6 MW of data centers.
Source: ISO queues and EIA-860M, via FieldProspects
Figure 4

Planned generation by listed in-service year

MW. Years before 2026 are past due.

Past dueDue 2026 or later
0100200300 160 2027 259 2028 300 2029
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YearPlanned projectsMW
20271160
20282258.8
20292300
No planned project is past its listed year

Sacramento County against its neighbors

Amador County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 41 MW, 37% of Sacramento County's. 8 of the 8 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Sacramento County this page 7
110
1,750
719 0.06x
Amador County 1
41
234
0 0.18x
Contra Costa County 0
0
4,240
1,608 0x
San Joaquin County 0
0
1,609
4,988 0x
Solano County 0
0
1,461
1,777 0x
Sutter County 0
0
905
688 0x
El Dorado County 0
0
779
0 0x
Placer County 0
0
773
1,023 0x
Yolo County 0
0
61
26 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.

9 counties shown

What changed since June 4, 2026

1 project in Sacramento County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.

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1
added to a queue, 160 MW
0
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 0 MW
0
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 0 MW
0
slipped their in-service date, 0 MW

Every change in Sacramento County

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 1 change.

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County: Sacramento County, CASince June 4, 2026 1 change
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Every record in Sacramento County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 94 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Sacramento County, CAStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 94 records
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