Montgomery County, Illinois
Montgomery County, Illinois has 11 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 4 operating plants totaling 56.2 MW and 7 planned projects totaling 885.2 MW. No data center record lists the county. Solar leads with 695.2 MW across 8 projects. 2 planned projects are past their listed in-service date.
Montgomery County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 6 of its 7 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
more planned than operating generation in Montgomery County. 7 projects in the queue would add 885.2 MW to the 56.2 MW operating today, and 2 of them are past their listed in-service date.
Technology mix
11 projects, 941.4 MW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
4 plants operate inside Montgomery County, 56.2 MW of solar and battery storage. The queue adds 885.2 MW across 7 projects, and 2 of them are past their listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Montgomery County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar | Operating | 3 | 54.2 |
| Solar | Planned | 5 | 641 |
| Battery Storage | Operating | 1 | 2 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 1 | 200 |
| Solar + Storage (Hybrid) | Planned | 1 | 44.2 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 44.2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 186 |
| 2026 | 3 | 210 |
| 2027 | 1 | 195 |
| 2028 | 1 | 250 |
Montgomery County against its neighbors
Sangamon County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 636 MW. 6 of the 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sangamon County | 4 | 3,429 | 0.48x | ||
| Madison County | 1 | 233 | 0.71x | ||
| Christian County | 0 | 2,368 | 0x | ||
| Shelby County | 0 | 1,025 | 0x | ||
| Macoupin County | 0 | 903 | 0x | ||
| Fayette County | 0 | 1,198 | 0x | ||
| Montgomery County this page | 0 | 885 | 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.
7 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
3 projects in Montgomery County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Montgomery County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 3 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 Montgomery County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 11 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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