Kane County, Illinois
Kane County, Illinois has 44 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 40 operating plants totaling 495.5 MW and 4 planned projects totaling 16.8 MW. No data center record lists the county. Natural Gas leads with 456.9 MW across 26 projects.
Kane 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.
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: 16.8 MW planned across 4 projects against 495.5 MW operating.
Technology mix
44 projects, 512.3 MW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
40 plants operate inside Kane County, 495.5 MW. The queue adds 16.8 MW across 4 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Kane County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas | Operating | 26 | 456.9 |
| Solar | Operating | 8 | 27.8 |
| Solar | Planned | 4 | 16.8 |
| Landfill Gas | Operating | 6 | 10.8 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 4.9 |
| 2027 | 3 | 11.9 |
Kane County against its neighbors
Kendall County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 2.4 GW. 3 of the 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kendall County | 4 | 960 | 1.9x | ||
| Cook County | 48 | 510 | 1.6x | ||
| DuPage County | 8 | 14 | 0.31x | ||
| DeKalb County | 7 | 966 | 0.8x | ||
| Kane County this page | 0 | 17 | 0x | ||
| McHenry County | 0 | 2,017 | 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 shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
7 projects in Kane County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Kane County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 7 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 Kane County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 44 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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