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McCracken County, Kentucky

McCracken County, Kentucky has 1.8 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 1.7 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 460 MW of planned generation across 3 projects, 1 of them past its listed in-service date.

Data as of Grid region: Tennessee Valley AuthorityRefreshed monthly
1.8GW
data centers, planned to operating
1
data center records, not cancelled
31.2%
of Kentucky's data center MW
1.7GW
operating generation, 11 projects
460MW
planned generation, 3 projects
1
data center developers active here
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McCracken County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 2 of its 5 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Graves Livingston no data centers McCracken 1.8 GW Carlisle Marshall 150 MW Ballard
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
1.1times

more data center MW than operating generation in the county. McCracken County's own plants cover 94.2% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 460 MW.

Data centers, planned to operating1.8 GW
Operating generation1.7 GW
Planned generation460 MW

Data centers by status

1 record, 1.8 GW

Planned1.8 GW1 record, 100%
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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 McCracken

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

Brookfield 1.8 GW 1 site
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DeveloperSitesMW
Brookfield11,800
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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

11 plants operate inside McCracken County, 1.7 GW of coal and natural gas. The queue adds 460 MW across 3 projects, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in McCracken County

OperatingPlanned
CoalOperating 1.6 GW 9 projects
SolarPlanned 460 MW 3 projects
Natural GasOperating 120 MW 2 projects
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
CoalOperating91,575
SolarPlanned3460
Natural GasOperating2120
Operating: 1.7 GW. Planned: 460 MW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 2.2 GW against 1.8 GW 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
0100200300400 Snapshot year 60 2025 2026 2027 2028 400 2029
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YearPlanned projectsMW
2025160
202600
202700
202800
20292400
1 project, 60 MW, was due before 2026

McCracken County against its neighbors

Marshall County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 150 MW, 8% of McCracken County's. 2 of the 2 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
McCracken County this page 1
1,800
1,695
460 1.1x
Marshall County 1
150
933
0 0.16x
Livingston County 0
0
76
42 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 shown

What changed since June 4, 2026

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

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0
added to a queue, 0 MW
0
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 0 MW
0
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 0 MW
1
slipped its in-service date, 200 MW

Every change in McCracken County

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

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County: McCracken County, KYSince June 4, 2026 1 change
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Every record in McCracken County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 15 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: McCracken County, KYStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 15 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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