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Buchanan County, Missouri

Buchanan County, Missouri has 9 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 8 operating plants totaling 280 MW and 1 planned project totaling 9.9 MW. No data center record lists the county. Natural Gas leads with 235.5 MW across 5 projects.

Data as of Grid region: Southwest Power Pool (SPP)Refreshed monthly
9
power projects, planned and operating
9.9MW
planned generation, 1 project
280MW
operating generation, 8 projects
0
planned projects past their listed in-service date
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Buchanan County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. None of its 4 neighboring counties has a page yet; their figures are in the member database.

Clinton DeKalb Buchanan no data centers Platte Andrew
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
4%

of the county's operating generation is in the queue as new capacity: 9.9 MW planned across 1 project against 280 MW operating.

Operating generation280 MW
Planned generation9.9 MW

Technology mix

9 projects, 289.9 MW planned and operating

Natural Gas235.5 MW5 projects, 81%
Oil42.9 MW2 projects, 15%
Battery Storage9.9 MW1 project, 3%
One other technology1.6 MW1 project, 1%
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Power generation in the county

8 plants operate inside Buchanan County, 280 MW. The queue adds 9.9 MW across 1 project.

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Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Buchanan County

OperatingPlanned
Natural GasOperating 235.5 MW 5 projects
OilOperating 42.9 MW 2 projects
Battery StoragePlanned 9.9 MW 1 project
Landfill GasOperating 1.6 MW 1 project
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
Natural GasOperating5235.5
OilOperating242.9
Battery StoragePlanned19.9
Landfill GasOperating11.6
Operating: 280 MW. Planned: 9.9 MW. If every planned project is built, county generation would reach 289.9 MW.
Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026.

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County: Buchanan County, MOStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 9 records
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