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Sangamon County, Illinois

Sangamon County, Illinois has 636 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 4 records, against 1.3 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 3.4 GW of planned generation across 11 projects, 1 of them past its listed in-service date.

Data as of Grid region: Midcontinent ISO (MISO)Refreshed monthly
636MW
data centers, planned to operating
4
data center records, not cancelled
5.6%
of Illinois's data center MW
1.3GW
operating generation, 9 projects
3.4GW
planned generation, 11 projects
1
data center developers active here
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Sangamon County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 7 of its 8 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Logan 500 MW Christian no data centers Macoupin no data centers Cass no data centers Morgan no data centers Montgomery no data centers Menard Macon no data centers Sangamon 636 MW
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
48%

of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 636 MW of data centers against 1.3 GW of plants, with 3.4 GW more planned.

Data centers, planned to operating636 MW
Operating generation1.3 GW
Planned generation3.4 GW

Data centers by status

4 records, 636 MW

Planned636 MW4 records, 100%
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The data center pipeline

4 records list a year online or expected, from 2027 to 2030. The largest expected additions are 159 MW listed for 2027 and 159 MW for 2028.

Figure 1

Data center MW by year online or expected

Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.

Through 20252026 and later
050100150200 159 2027 159 2028 159 2029 2030
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YearRecordsMW
20271159
20281159
20291159
20301159
Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. 4 records with a year
Figure 2

Who is building in Sangamon

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

CyrusOne 636 MW 4 sites
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DeveloperSitesMW
CyrusOne4636
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Power generation in the county

9 plants operate inside Sangamon County, 1.3 GW. The queue adds 3.4 GW across 11 projects, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Sangamon County

OperatingPlanned
Natural GasOperating 138.6 MW 1 project
Natural GasPlanned 2.4 GW 3 projects
SolarOperating 592.8 MW 1 project
SolarPlanned 472 MW 4 projects
WindOperating 302 MW 1 project
Battery StoragePlanned 299.9 MW 2 projects
CoalOperating 230.1 MW 1 project
Solar + Storage (Hybrid)Planned 215 MW 2 projects
OilOperating 49.5 MW 5 projects
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
Natural GasOperating1138.6
Natural GasPlanned32,441.8
SolarOperating1592.8
SolarPlanned4472
WindOperating1302
Battery StoragePlanned2299.9
CoalOperating1230.1
Solar + Storage (Hybrid)Planned2215
OilOperating549.5
Operating: 1.3 GW. Planned: 3.4 GW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 4.7 GW against 636 MW 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
05001k1.5k Snapshot year 1,165 2025 452 2026 2027 320 2028 115 2029 1,377 2030
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YearPlanned projectsMW
202511,165
20264451.9
202700
20282320
20291115
203031,376.8
1 project, 1.2 GW, was due before 2026

Sangamon County against its neighbors

Logan County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 500 MW, 79% of Sangamon County's. 7 of the 7 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Sangamon County this page 4
636
1,313
3,429 0.48x
Logan County 1
500
726
666 0.69x
Christian County 0
0
1,330
2,368 0x
Macon County 0
0
422
1,422 0x
Macoupin County 0
0
227
903 0x
Morgan County 0
0
183
534 0x
Cass County 0
0
157
150 0x
Montgomery County 0
0
56
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.

8 counties shown

What changed since June 4, 2026

4 projects in Sangamon County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.

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0
added to a queue, 0 MW
0
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 0 MW
1
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 200 MW
3
slipped their in-service date, 217 MW

Every change in Sangamon County

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 4 changes.

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County: Sangamon County, ILSince June 4, 2026 4 changes
ProjectChangeTechnologyMWPrevious dateNew date
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Every record in Sangamon County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 24 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Sangamon County, ILStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 24 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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