McLeod County, Minnesota
McLeod County, Minnesota has 43 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 41 operating plants totaling 189.4 MW and 2 planned projects totaling 241 MW. No data center record lists the county. Solar leads with 268.8 MW across 25 projects. No planned project is past its listed in-service date.
McLeod County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 5 of its 5 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 McLeod County. 2 projects in the queue would add 241 MW to the 189.4 MW operating today.
Technology mix
43 projects, 430.4 MW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
41 plants operate inside McLeod County, 189.4 MW. The queue adds 241 MW across 2 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in McLeod County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar | Operating | 23 | 27.8 |
| Solar | Planned | 2 | 241 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 6 | 118.9 |
| Oil | Operating | 8 | 39.5 |
| Landfill Gas | Operating | 4 | 3.2 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2028 | 1 | 112 |
| 2029 | 0 | 0 |
| 2030 | 1 | 129 |
McLeod County against its neighbors
Carver County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 212.6 MW. 4 of the 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carver County | 3 | 0 | 1.4x | ||
| Wright County | 2 | 0 | 0.19x | ||
| McLeod County this page | 0 | 241 | 0x | ||
| Meeker County | 0 | 700 | 0x | ||
| Renville County | 0 | 325 | 0x | ||
| Sibley 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.
6 counties shownEvery record in McLeod County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 43 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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