Hardin County, Iowa
Hardin County, Iowa has 4 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 2 operating plants totaling 153 MW and 2 planned projects totaling 217.1 MW. No data center record lists the county. Wind leads with 353 MW across 3 projects. 2 planned projects are past their listed in-service date.
Hardin 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
more planned than operating generation in Hardin County. 2 projects in the queue would add 217.1 MW to the 153 MW operating today, and 2 of them are past their listed in-service date.
Technology mix
4 projects, 370.1 MW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
2 plants operate inside Hardin County, 153 MW of wind. The queue adds 217.1 MW across 2 projects, and 2 of them are past their listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Hardin County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind | Operating | 2 | 153 |
| Wind | Planned | 1 | 200 |
| Natural Gas | Planned | 1 | 17.1 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 17.1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 200 |
Hardin County against its neighbors
Story County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 1 GW. 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Story County | 1 | 400 | 2.3x | ||
| Marshall County | 0 | 717 | 0x | ||
| Franklin County | 0 | 560 | 0x | ||
| Hamilton County | 0 | 0 | 0x | ||
| Grundy County | 0 | 0 | 0x | ||
| Hardin County this page | 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.
6 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
1 project in Hardin County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Hardin County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 1 change.
| 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 Hardin County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 4 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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