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Montgomery County, Maryland

Montgomery County, Maryland has 300 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 500.4 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 500 MW of planned generation across 1 project. That is 12.6% of Maryland's data center MW.

Data as of Grid region: PJM InterconnectionRefreshed monthly
300MW
data centers, planned to operating
1
data center records, not cancelled
12.6%
of Maryland's data center MW
500.4MW
operating generation, 31 projects
500MW
planned generation, 1 project
1
data center developers active here
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Montgomery County and its neighbors

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

Montgomery 300 MW Howard no data centers Frederick 933.6 MW Prince Georges 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
60%

of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 300 MW of data centers against 500.4 MW of plants, with 500 MW more planned.

Data centers, planned to operating300 MW
Operating generation500.4 MW
Planned generation500 MW

Data centers by status

1 record, 300 MW

Planned300 MW1 record, 100%
Who owns each of the 1 records?Campus names, developers and contacts are for members.See what members get

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 Montgomery

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

Atmosphere Data Centers 300 MW 1 site
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DeveloperSitesMW
Atmosphere Data Centers1300
Members see all 1 developer, each campus they own here, and the people who run their site selection and energy procurement.
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

31 plants operate inside Montgomery County, 500.4 MW. The queue adds 500 MW across 1 project.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Montgomery County

OperatingPlanned
Battery StorageOperating 1.5 MW 1 project
Battery StoragePlanned 500 MW 1 project
Natural GasOperating 403.2 MW 15 projects
Municipal Solid WasteOperating 67.8 MW 1 project
SolarOperating 21 MW 11 projects
OilOperating 6.9 MW 3 projects
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
Battery StorageOperating11.5
Battery StoragePlanned1500
Natural GasOperating15403.2
Municipal Solid WasteOperating167.8
SolarOperating1121
OilOperating36.9
Operating: 500.4 MW. Planned: 500 MW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 1 GW against 300 MW 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
0200400600 500 2030
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YearPlanned projectsMW
20301500
No planned project is past its listed year

Montgomery County against its neighbors

Frederick County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 933.6 MW, more than Montgomery County. 2 of the 3 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Frederick County 18
934
87
0 10.8x
Montgomery County this page 1
300
500
500 0.6x
Prince Georges County 0
0
3,101
12 0x
Howard County 0
0
47
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.

4 counties shown

Every record in Montgomery County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 33 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Montgomery County, MDStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 33 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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