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Yellowstone County, Montana

Yellowstone County, Montana has 500 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 359.9 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 50 MW of planned generation across 1 project. That is 43.5% of Montana's data center MW.

Data as of Grid region: NorthWestern EnergyRefreshed monthly
500MW
data centers, planned to operating
1
data center records, not cancelled
43.5%
of Montana's data center MW
359.9MW
operating generation, 23 projects
50MW
planned generation, 1 project
1
data center developers active here
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Yellowstone County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 3 of its 7 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Golden Valley Musselshell Yellowstone 500 MW Treasure Stillwater no data centers Rosebud no data centers Big Horn no data centers Carbon
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
1.4times

more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Yellowstone County's own plants cover 72% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 50 MW.

Data centers, planned to operating500 MW
Operating generation359.9 MW
Planned generation50 MW

Data centers by status

1 record, 500 MW

Planned500 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 Yellowstone

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

Quantica Infrastructure 500 MW 1 site
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DeveloperSitesMW
Quantica Infrastructure1500
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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

23 plants operate inside Yellowstone County, 359.9 MW. The queue adds 50 MW across 1 project.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Yellowstone County

OperatingPlanned
Natural GasOperating 208.6 MW 19 projects
SolarOperating 80 MW 1 project
Petroleum CokeOperating 68 MW 1 project
Battery StoragePlanned 50 MW 1 project
WindOperating 1.8 MW 1 project
CoalOperating 1.5 MW 1 project
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
Natural GasOperating19208.6
SolarOperating180
Petroleum CokeOperating168
Battery StoragePlanned150
WindOperating11.8
CoalOperating11.5
Operating: 359.9 MW. Planned: 50 MW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 409.9 MW against 500 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
0204060 50 2027
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YearPlanned projectsMW
2027150
No planned project is past its listed year

Yellowstone County against its neighbors

None of the 3 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Rosebud County has the most operating generation among them, 2.3 GW.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Yellowstone County this page 1
500
360
50 1.4x
Rosebud County 0
0
2,262
0 0x
Stillwater County 0
0
528
0 0x
Big Horn County 0
0
397
300 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.

4 counties shown

Every record in Yellowstone 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: Yellowstone County, MTStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 25 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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