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Nobles County, Minnesota

Nobles County, Minnesota has 400 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 509.1 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 400 MW of planned generation across 2 projects. That is 21.3% of Minnesota's data center MW.

Data as of Grid region: Midcontinent ISO (MISO)Refreshed monthly
400MW
data centers, planned to operating
1
data center records, not cancelled
21.3%
of Minnesota's data center MW
509.1MW
operating generation, 22 projects
400MW
planned generation, 2 projects
1
data center developers active here
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Nobles 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.

Rock no data centers Cottonwood no data centers Murray no data centers Nobles 400 MW Jackson no data centers
no data center MWunder 100 MW100 to 1,000 MW1,000 to 5,000 MW5,000 to 15,000 MW15,000 MW or more no page yet

Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers

Headline finding
79%

of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 400 MW of data centers against 509.1 MW of plants, with 400 MW more planned.

Data centers, planned to operating400 MW
Operating generation509.1 MW
Planned generation400 MW

Data centers by status

1 record, 400 MW

Planned400 MW1 record, 100%
Who owns each of the 1 records?Campus names, developers and contacts are for members.See what members get

The data center pipeline

None of the 1 record lists a year online or expected, so the pipeline is shown by developer only.

Figure 1

Who is building in Nobles

Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.

Geronimo Power 400 MW 1 site
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DeveloperSitesMW
Geronimo Power1400
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Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. Aggregates only. Campus names are for members.

Power generation in the county

22 plants operate inside Nobles County, 509.1 MW of wind and oil. The queue adds 400 MW across 2 projects.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Nobles County

OperatingPlanned
WindOperating 493.1 MW 14 projects
Battery StoragePlanned 200 MW 1 project
SolarPlanned 200 MW 1 project
OilOperating 16 MW 8 projects
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
WindOperating14493.1
Battery StoragePlanned1200
SolarPlanned1200
OilOperating816
Operating: 509.1 MW. Planned: 400 MW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 909.1 MW against 400 MW of data centers.
Source: ISO queues and EIA-860M, via FieldProspects
Figure 4

Planned generation by listed in-service year

MW. Years before 2026 are past due.

Past dueDue 2026 or later
050100150200 Snapshot year 200 2026 2027 200 2028
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YearPlanned projectsMW
20261200
202700
20281200
No planned project is past its listed year

Nobles County against its neighbors

None of the 4 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Murray County has the most operating generation among them, 359 MW.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Nobles County this page 1
400
509
400 0.79x
Murray County 0
0
359
900 0x
Jackson County 0
0
359
350 0x
Rock County 0
0
329
582 0x
Cottonwood County 0
0
306
900 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.

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Every record in Nobles County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 25 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Nobles County, MNStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 25 records
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