Lyon County, Nevada
Lyon County, Nevada has 700 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 3 records, against 282.3 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 1.4 GW of planned generation across 2 projects. That is 8.2% of Nevada's data center MW.
Lyon County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 5 of its 6 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 data center MW than operating generation in the county. Lyon County's own plants cover 40.3% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 1.4 GW.
Data centers by status
3 records, 700 MW
The data center pipeline
None of the 3 records lists a year online or expected, so the pipeline is shown by developer only.
Who is building in Lyon
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 2 of 2.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Tract | 1 | 700 |
| Microsoft | 2 | 0 |
Power generation in the county
9 plants operate inside Lyon County, 282.3 MW. The queue adds 1.4 GW across 2 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Lyon County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar | Operating | 1 | 19.9 |
| Solar | Planned | 1 | 700 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 1 | 700 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 2 | 230 |
| Geothermal | Operating | 6 | 32.4 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 2 | 1,400 |
Lyon County against its neighbors
Storey County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 6.7 GW, more than Lyon County. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Storey County | 39 | 1 | 5.8x | ||
| Lyon County this page | 3 | 1,400 | 2.5x | ||
| Washoe County | 12 | 0 | 0.17x | ||
| Churchill County | 0 | 400 | 0x | ||
| Mineral County | 0 | 0 | 0x | ||
| Carson City | 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 Lyon County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 14 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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