El Paso County, Colorado
El Paso County, Colorado has 116.3 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 3 records, against 2 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 1.5 GW of planned generation across 16 projects. That is 5.5% of Colorado's data center MW.
El Paso County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 4 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
of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 116.3 MW of data centers against 2 GW of plants, with 1.5 GW more planned.
Data centers by status
3 records, 116.3 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. 2 records 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 | 40 |
Who is building in El Paso
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 3 of 3.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Raeden | 1 | 53 |
| Novva | 1 | 40 |
| QTS | 1 | 24 |
Power generation in the county
33 plants operate inside El Paso County, 2 GW. The queue adds 1.5 GW across 16 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in El Paso County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas | Operating | 17 | 1,103 |
| Natural Gas | Planned | 11 | 892 |
| Battery Storage | Operating | 2 | 104.2 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 3 | 300 |
| Solar | Operating | 7 | 289.5 |
| Solar | Planned | 1 | 100 |
| Wind | Operating | 1 | 250 |
| Coal | Operating | 1 | 207 |
| Solar + Storage (Hybrid) | Planned | 1 | 200 |
| Hydro | Operating | 5 | 33.2 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due. 3 planned projects list no date and are left out.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2028 | 13 | 1,092 |
El Paso County against its neighbors
None of the 4 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Pueblo County has the most operating generation among them, 3.6 GW.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Paso County this page | 3 | 1,492 | 0.06x | ||
| Pueblo County | 0 | 1,418 | 0x | ||
| Lincoln County | 0 | 1,449 | 0x | ||
| Elbert County | 0 | 722 | 0x | ||
| Douglas County | 0 | 8 | 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
1 project in El Paso County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in El Paso County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 1 change.
| 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 El Paso County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 52 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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