Ottawa County, Michigan
Ottawa County, Michigan has 40 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 35 operating plants totaling 2.7 GW and 5 planned projects totaling 1.1 GW. No data center record lists the county. Natural Gas leads with 1.9 GW across 24 projects.
Ottawa 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.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
of the county's operating generation is in the queue as new capacity: 1.1 GW planned across 5 projects against 2.7 GW operating, 1 of the planned project already late.
Technology mix
40 projects, 3.8 GW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
35 plants operate inside Ottawa County, 2.7 GW. The queue adds 1.1 GW across 5 projects, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Ottawa County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas | Operating | 22 | 1,151.9 |
| Natural Gas | Planned | 2 | 719 |
| Coal | Operating | 3 | 1,560.8 |
| Solar | Operating | 1 | 3 |
| Solar | Planned | 1 | 200 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 2 | 160 |
| Landfill Gas | Operating | 7 | 6.4 |
| Biomass | Operating | 2 | 3.2 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 200 |
| 2026 | 2 | 155 |
| 2027 | 1 | 60 |
| 2028 | 1 | 664 |
Ottawa County against its neighbors
None of the 3 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Muskegon County has the most operating generation among them, 273.2 MW.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa County this page | 0 | 1,079 | 0x | ||
| Muskegon County | 0 | 875 | 0x | ||
| Allegan County | 1 | 620 | 0x | ||
| Kent County | 3 | 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 shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
1 project in Ottawa County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Ottawa 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 Ottawa County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 40 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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