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McPherson County, Kansas

McPherson County, Kansas has 7 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 5 operating plants totaling 331.4 MW and 2 planned projects totaling 425.7 MW. No data center record lists the county. Natural Gas leads with 382.9 MW across 4 projects.

Data as of Grid region: Southwest Power Pool (SPP)Refreshed monthly
7
power projects, planned and operating
425.7MW
planned generation, 2 projects
331.4MW
operating generation, 5 projects
0
planned projects past their listed in-service date
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McPherson County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 2 of its 6 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Marion Saline Ellsworth Harvey Rice no data centers Reno no data centers McPherson 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

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1.3times

more planned than operating generation in McPherson County. 2 projects in the queue would add 425.7 MW to the 331.4 MW operating today.

Operating generation331.4 MW
Planned generation425.7 MW

Technology mix

7 projects, 757.1 MW planned and operating

Natural Gas382.9 MW4 projects, 51%
Wind302 MW1 project, 40%
Oil71.2 MW1 project, 9%
One other technology1 MW1 project, 0%
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Power generation in the county

5 plants operate inside McPherson County, 331.4 MW. The queue adds 425.7 MW across 2 projects.

Figure 1

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in McPherson County

OperatingPlanned
Natural GasOperating 259.2 MW 3 projects
Natural GasPlanned 123.7 MW 1 project
WindPlanned 302 MW 1 project
OilOperating 71.2 MW 1 project
SolarOperating 1 MW 1 project
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
Natural GasOperating3259.2
Natural GasPlanned1123.7
WindPlanned1302
OilOperating171.2
SolarOperating11
Operating: 331.4 MW. Planned: 425.7 MW. If every planned project is built, county generation would reach 757.1 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
0100200300400 302 2027 2028 2029 2030 124 2031
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YearPlanned projectsMW
20271302
202800
202900
203000
20311123.7
No planned project is past its listed year

McPherson County against its neighbors

None of the 2 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Reno County has the most operating generation among them, 347.3 MW.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Reno County 0
0
347
765 0x
McPherson County this page 0
0
331
426 0x
Rice County 0
0
24
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 McPherson County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.

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added to a queue, 123.7 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 McPherson County

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Every record in McPherson County

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