San Luis Obispo County, California
San Luis Obispo County, California has 35 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 29 operating plants totaling 3.6 GW and 6 planned projects totaling 1.7 GW. No data center record lists the county. Nuclear leads with 2.3 GW across 2 projects.
San Luis Obispo 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 county's operating generation is in the queue as new capacity: 1.7 GW planned across 6 projects against 3.6 GW operating.
Technology mix
35 projects, 5.3 GW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
29 plants operate inside San Luis Obispo County, 3.6 GW. The queue adds 1.7 GW across 6 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in San Luis Obispo County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear | Operating | 2 | 2,323 |
| Solar | Operating | 22 | 1,133 |
| Solar | Planned | 1 | 40 |
| Wind | Planned | 1 | 1,028.9 |
| Hydro | Operating | 2 | 4.4 |
| Hydro | Planned | 3 | 600 |
| Battery Storage | Operating | 1 | 99.7 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 1 | 40 |
| Landfill Gas | Operating | 1 | 1.5 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 1 | 1.4 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 3 | 600 |
| 2028 | 3 | 1,108.9 |
San Luis Obispo County against its neighbors
Kern County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 100 MW. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kern County | 1 | 27,842 | 0.01x | ||
| Kings County | 1 | 9,245 | 0.04x | ||
| San Luis Obispo County this page | 0 | 1,709 | 0x | ||
| Monterey County | 0 | 3,400 | 0x | ||
| Santa Barbara County | 0 | 10 | 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
2 projects in San Luis Obispo County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in San Luis Obispo County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 2 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 Luis Obispo County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 35 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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