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Lee County, Iowa

Lee County, Iowa has 22 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 20 operating plants totaling 458.2 MW and 2 planned projects totaling 270 MW. No data center record lists the county. Solar leads with 300 MW across 2 projects. 2 planned projects are past their listed in-service date.

Data as of Grid region: Midcontinent ISO (MISO)Refreshed monthly
22
power projects, planned and operating
270MW
planned generation, 2 projects
458.2MW
operating generation, 20 projects
2
planned projects past their listed in-service date
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Lee County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 2 of its 3 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Van Buren Henry no data centers Des Moines no data centers Lee 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
59%

of the county's operating generation is in the queue as new capacity: 270 MW planned across 2 projects against 458.2 MW operating, 2 of the planned projects already late.

Operating generation458.2 MW
Planned generation270 MW

Technology mix

22 projects, 728.2 MW planned and operating

Solar300 MW2 projects, 41%
Hydro124.8 MW15 projects, 17%
Transmission120 MW1 project, 16%
3 other technologies183.4 MW4 projects, 25%
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Power generation in the county

20 plants operate inside Lee County, 458.2 MW. The queue adds 270 MW across 2 projects, and 2 of them are past their listed in-service date.

Figure 1

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Lee County

OperatingPlanned
SolarOperating 150 MW 1 project
SolarPlanned 150 MW 1 project
HydroOperating 124.8 MW 15 projects
TransmissionPlanned 120 MW 1 project
Battery StorageOperating 99 MW 1 project
Natural GasOperating 50 MW 2 projects
Petroleum CokeOperating 34.4 MW 1 project
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
SolarOperating1150
SolarPlanned1150
HydroOperating15124.8
TransmissionPlanned1120
Battery StorageOperating199
Natural GasOperating250
Petroleum CokeOperating134.4
Operating: 458.2 MW. Planned: 270 MW. If every planned project is built, county generation would reach 728.2 MW.
Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026.
Figure 2

Planned generation by listed in-service year

MW. Years before 2026 are past due.

Past dueDue 2026 or later
050100150 150 2024 120 2025
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YearPlanned projectsMW
20241150
20251120
2 projects, 270 MW, were due before 2026

Lee County against its neighbors

None of the 2 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Des Moines County has the most operating generation among them, 290.8 MW.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Lee County this page 0
0
458
270 0x
Des Moines County 0
0
291
50 0x
Henry County 0
0
34
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.

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What changed since June 4, 2026

1 project in Lee County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.

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1
added to a queue, 120 MW
0
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 0 MW
0
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 0 MW
0
slipped their in-service date, 0 MW

Every change in Lee County

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 1 change.

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County: Lee County, IASince June 4, 2026 1 change
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Every record in Lee County

Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 22 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Lee County, IAStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 22 records
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