Van Buren County, Michigan
Van Buren County, Michigan has 20 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 7 operating plants totaling 2 GW and 13 planned projects totaling 2.5 GW. No data center record lists the county. Nuclear leads with 1.5 GW across 2 projects.
Van Buren County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 4 of its 4 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
more planned than operating generation in Van Buren County. 13 projects in the queue would add 2.5 GW to the 2 GW operating today, and 3 of them are past their listed in-service date.
Technology mix
20 projects, 4.5 GW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
7 plants operate inside Van Buren County, 2 GW of nuclear and natural gas. The queue adds 2.5 GW across 13 projects, and 3 of them are past their listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Van Buren County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear | Operating | 1 | 811.8 |
| Nuclear | Planned | 1 | 735 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 6 | 1,176 |
| Solar | Planned | 7 | 1,060 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 5 | 750 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due. 1 planned project lists no date and is left out.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 585 |
| 2026 | 1 | 220 |
| 2027 | 2 | 170 |
| 2028 | 1 | 100 |
| 2029 | 5 | 1,285 |
Van Buren County against its neighbors
Cass County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 340 MW. 4 of the 4 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass County | 1 | 1,189 | 0.29x | ||
| Berrien County | 0 | 0 | 0x | ||
| Van Buren County this page | 0 | 2,545 | 0x | ||
| Allegan County | 1 | 620 | 0x | ||
| Kalamazoo County | 0 | 640 | 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.
5 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
4 projects in Van Buren County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Van Buren County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 4 changes.
| 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 Van Buren County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 20 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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