Franklin County, Iowa
Franklin County, Iowa has 8 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 5 operating plants totaling 508.8 MW and 3 planned projects totaling 560 MW. No data center record lists the county. Wind leads with 700 MW across 4 projects. 1 planned project is past its listed in-service date.
Franklin County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 2 of its 4 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 Franklin County. 3 projects in the queue would add 560 MW to the 508.8 MW operating today, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.
Technology mix
8 projects, 1.1 GW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
5 plants operate inside Franklin County, 508.8 MW. The queue adds 560 MW across 3 projects, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Franklin County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind | Operating | 3 | 500 |
| Wind | Planned | 1 | 200 |
| Battery Storage | Operating | 1 | 1.8 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 1 | 200 |
| Natural Gas | Planned | 1 | 160 |
| Solar | Operating | 1 | 7 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 200 |
| 2026 | 1 | 200 |
| 2027 | 1 | 160 |
Franklin County against its neighbors
None of the 2 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Cerro Gordo County has the most operating generation among them, 787.1 MW.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerro Gordo County | 0 | 1,405 | 0x | ||
| Franklin County this page | 0 | 560 | 0x | ||
| Hardin County | 0 | 217 | 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.
3 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
2 projects in Franklin County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Franklin County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 2 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 Franklin County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 8 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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