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Adair County, Iowa

Adair County, Iowa has 200 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 1.2 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 526 MW of planned generation across 2 projects. That is 2.6% of Iowa's data center MW.

Data as of Grid region: Midcontinent ISO (MISO)Refreshed monthly
200MW
data centers, planned to operating
1
data center records, not cancelled
2.6%
of Iowa's data center MW
1.2GW
operating generation, 23 projects
526MW
planned generation, 2 projects
1
data center developers active here
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Adair 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.

Union no data centers Adams no data centers Adair 200 MW Madison 228 MW Cass no data centers Guthrie 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
17%

of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 200 MW of data centers against 1.2 GW of plants, with 526 MW more planned.

Data centers, planned to operating200 MW
Operating generation1.2 GW
Planned generation526 MW

Data centers by status

1 record, 200 MW

Planned200 MW1 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 Adair

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

Applied Digital 200 MW 1 site
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DeveloperSitesMW
Applied Digital1200
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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

23 plants operate inside Adair County, 1.2 GW. The queue adds 526 MW across 2 projects.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Adair County

OperatingPlanned
WindOperating 1.1 GW 14 projects
Hybrid (Other)Planned 263 MW 1 project
Natural GasPlanned 263 MW 1 project
SolarOperating 25 MW 1 project
OilOperating 17.3 MW 8 projects
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
WindOperating141,109.4
Hybrid (Other)Planned1263
Natural GasPlanned1263
SolarOperating125
OilOperating817.3
Operating: 1.2 GW. Planned: 526 MW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 1.7 GW against 200 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
0200400600 526 2027
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YearPlanned projectsMW
20272526
No planned project is past its listed year

Adair County against its neighbors

Madison County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 228 MW, more than Adair County. 4 of the 5 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Madison County 4
228
137
0 1.7x
Adair County this page 1
200
1,152
526 0.17x
Cass County 0
0
502
42 0x
Union County 0
0
424
140 0x
Guthrie County 0
0
214
0 0x
Adams County 0
0
205
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 Adair County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 26 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Adair County, IAStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 26 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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