San Diego County, California
San Diego County, California has 10.8 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 2 records, against 5.1 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 1.9 GW of planned generation across 19 projects. That is 0.4% of California's data center MW.
San Diego County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 3 of its 3 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: 10.8 MW of data centers against 5.1 GW of plants, with 1.9 GW more planned.
Data centers by status
2 records, 10.8 MW
The data center pipeline
None of the 2 records lists a year online or expected, so the pipeline is shown by developer only.
Who is building in San Diego
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 2 of 2.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| DataBank | 1 | 11 |
| EdgeConneX | 1 | 0 |
Power generation in the county
160 plants operate inside San Diego County, 5.1 GW. The queue adds 1.9 GW across 19 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in San Diego County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas | Operating | 52 | 3,133.3 |
| Battery Storage | Operating | 42 | 1,519.4 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 11 | 1,488.6 |
| Wind | Operating | 3 | 194 |
| Wind | Planned | 2 | 233.4 |
| Solar | Operating | 40 | 169.5 |
| Solar | Planned | 5 | 202.7 |
| Hydro | Operating | 5 | 10.2 |
| Hydro | Planned | 1 | 4.3 |
| Landfill Gas | Operating | 8 | 14.3 |
| Biomass | Operating | 6 | 7.8 |
| Oil | Operating | 4 | 6.5 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 10 |
| 2027 | 7 | 431.5 |
| 2028 | 0 | 0 |
| 2029 | 1 | 206.3 |
| 2030 | 4 | 605.2 |
| 2031 | 2 | 419.7 |
| 2032 | 0 | 0 |
| 2033 | 0 | 0 |
| 2034 | 0 | 0 |
| 2035 | 1 | 256.3 |
San Diego County against its neighbors
Imperial County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 330 MW, more than San Diego County. 3 of the 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial County | 1 | 4,491 | 0.07x | ||
| Orange County | 2 | 631 | 0.01x | ||
| San Diego County this page | 2 | 1,929 | 0x | ||
| Riverside County | 1 | 15,127 | 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.
4 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
17 projects in San Diego County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in San Diego County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 17 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 San Diego County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 181 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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