Rice County, Minnesota
Rice County, Minnesota has 120 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 404 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 6 MW of planned generation across 2 projects. That is 6.4% of Minnesota's data center MW.
Rice 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: 120 MW of data centers against 404 MW of plants, with 6 MW more planned.
Data centers by status
1 record, 120 MW
The data center pipeline
1 record list a year online or expected, from 2026 to 2026. The largest expected additions are 120 MW listed for 2026.
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 | 1 | 120 |
Who is building in Rice
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Archer Datacenters | 1 | 120 |
Power generation in the county
40 plants operate inside Rice County, 404 MW. The queue adds 6 MW across 2 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Rice County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas | Operating | 2 | 334.5 |
| Solar | Operating | 30 | 56 |
| Solar | Planned | 2 | 6 |
| Oil | Operating | 5 | 8.7 |
| Wind | Operating | 3 | 4.8 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 6 |
Rice County against its neighbors
Dakota County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 332.7 MW, more than Rice County. 7 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 | ||
| Rice County this page | 1 | 6 | 0.3x | ||
| Scott County | 1 | 191 | 0.02x | ||
| Goodhue County | 1 | 691 | 0x | ||
| Steele County | 0 | 0 | 0x | ||
| Dodge County | 0 | 228 | 0x | ||
| Le Sueur County | 0 | 0 | 0x | ||
| Waseca County | 0 | 5 | 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 shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
3 projects in Rice County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Rice County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 3 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 Rice County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, 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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