Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hennepin County, Minnesota has 28.9 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 10 records, against 695.9 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 55 MW of planned generation across 1 project. That is 1.5% of Minnesota's data center MW.
Hennepin County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 7 of its 7 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: 28.9 MW of data centers against 695.9 MW of plants, with 55 MW more planned.
Data centers by status
10 records, 28.9 MW
The data center pipeline
6 records list a year online or expected, from 2012 to 2026. The largest expected additions are 5 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 5 |
Who is building in Hennepin
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 4 of 4.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| DataBank | 3 | 17 |
| Cologix | 5 | 7 |
| Oppidan | 1 | 5 |
| US Internet | 1 | 0 |
Power generation in the county
39 plants operate inside Hennepin County, 695.9 MW. The queue adds 55 MW across 1 project.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Hennepin County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas | Operating | 5 | 619.9 |
| Natural Gas | Planned | 1 | 55 |
| Municipal Solid Waste | Operating | 1 | 39.5 |
| Hydro | Operating | 21 | 23.3 |
| Solar | Operating | 12 | 13.2 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 55 |
Hennepin County against its neighbors
Dakota County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 332.7 MW, more than Hennepin County. 6 of the 7 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 | 7 | 892 | 0.31x | ||
| Carver County | 3 | 0 | 1.4x | ||
| Wright County | 2 | 0 | 0.19x | ||
| Hennepin County this page | 10 | 55 | 0.04x | ||
| Scott County | 1 | 191 | 0.02x | ||
| Sherburne County | 0 | 953 | 0x | ||
| Ramsey County | 0 | 0 | 0x | ||
| Anoka 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.
8 counties shownEvery record in Hennepin County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 50 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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