Dakota County, Minnesota
Dakota County, Minnesota has 332.7 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 7 records, against 1.1 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 892 MW of planned generation across 7 projects, 3 of them past their listed in-service date.
Dakota County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 6 of its 6 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 generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 332.7 MW of data centers against 1.1 GW of plants, with 892 MW more planned.
Data centers by status
7 records, 332.7 MW
The data center pipeline
3 records list a year online or expected, from 2026 to 2026. The largest expected additions are 320 MW listed for 2026. 4 records list no year.
Data center MW by year online or expected
Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.
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| Year | Records | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 320 |
Who is building in Dakota
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 6 of 6.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Meta | 2 | 308 |
| Centra | 1 | 12 |
| DataBank | 1 | 8 |
| QLevr | 1 | 5 |
| Oppidan | 1 | 0 |
| Tract | 1 | 0 |
Power generation in the county
81 plants operate inside Dakota County, 1.1 GW. The queue adds 892 MW across 7 projects, and 3 of them are past their listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Dakota County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas | Operating | 11 | 917 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 4 | 735 |
| Solar | Operating | 51 | 109.5 |
| Solar | Planned | 1 | 150 |
| Oil | Operating | 14 | 26.8 |
| Hydro | Operating | 4 | 8.8 |
| Hydro | Planned | 2 | 7 |
| Wind | Operating | 1 | 2.5 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 154 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 100 |
| 2027 | 1 | 300 |
| 2028 | 1 | 135 |
| 2029 | 0 | 0 |
| 2030 | 1 | 200 |
Dakota County against its neighbors
Rice County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 120 MW, 36% of Dakota County's. 6 of the 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dakota County this page | 7 | 892 | 0.31x | ||
| Rice County | 1 | 6 | 0.3x | ||
| Hennepin County | 10 | 55 | 0.04x | ||
| Scott County | 1 | 191 | 0.02x | ||
| Goodhue County | 1 | 691 | 0x | ||
| Washington County | 0 | 80 | 0x | ||
| Ramsey County | 0 | 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.
7 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
2 projects in Dakota County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Dakota County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 2 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 Dakota County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 95 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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