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DeSoto County, Florida

DeSoto County, Florida has 4 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 625 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 149 MW of planned generation across 2 projects. That is 90.7% of Florida's data center MW.

Data as of Grid region: Florida Power & LightRefreshed monthly
4GW
data centers, planned to operating
1
data center records, not cancelled
90.7%
of Florida's data center MW
625MW
operating generation, 10 projects
149MW
planned generation, 2 projects
1
data center developers active here
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DeSoto County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 5 of its 5 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

DeSoto 4 GW Hardee no data centers Charlotte no data centers Sarasota no data centers Highlands no data centers Manatee 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
6.4times

more data center MW than operating generation in the county. DeSoto County's own plants cover 15.6% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 149 MW.

Data centers, planned to operating4 GW
Operating generation625 MW
Planned generation149 MW

Data centers by status

1 record, 4 GW

Planned4 GW1 record, 100%
Who owns each of the 1 records?Campus names, developers and contacts are for members.See what members get

The data center pipeline

None of the 1 record lists a year online or expected, so the pipeline is shown by developer only.

Figure 1

Who is building in DeSoto

Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.

DCIP Group 4 GW 1 site
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DeveloperSitesMW
DCIP Group14,000
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Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. Aggregates only. Campus names are for members.

Power generation in the county

10 plants operate inside DeSoto County, 625 MW of solar and battery storage. The queue adds 149 MW across 2 projects.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in DeSoto County

OperatingPlanned
SolarOperating 621 MW 9 projects
SolarPlanned 149 MW 2 projects
Battery StorageOperating 4 MW 1 project
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
SolarOperating9621
SolarPlanned2149
Battery StorageOperating14
Operating: 625 MW. Planned: 149 MW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 774 MW against 4 GW 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
050100150 149 2027
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YearPlanned projectsMW
20272149
No planned project is past its listed year

DeSoto County against its neighbors

None of the 5 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Manatee County has the most operating generation among them, 4.2 GW.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
DeSoto County this page 1
4,000
625
149 6.4x
Manatee County 0
0
4,152
0 0x
Hardee County 0
0
2,201
0 0x
Charlotte County 0
0
237
0 0x
Highlands County 0
0
62
150 0x
Sarasota County 0
0
6
0 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.

6 counties shown

Every record in DeSoto County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 13 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: DeSoto County, FLStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 13 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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