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Cass County, North Dakota

Cass County, North Dakota has 280 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 2 records, against 4.5 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 1.3 GW of planned generation across 5 projects. That is 16.5% of North Dakota's data center MW.

Data as of Grid region: Midcontinent ISO (MISO)Refreshed monthly
280MW
data centers, planned to operating
2
data center records, not cancelled
16.5%
of North Dakota's data center MW
4.5MW
operating generation, 5 projects
1.3GW
planned generation, 5 projects
1
data center developers active here
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Cass County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 3 of its 5 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Cass 280 MW Richland no data centers Ransom Barnes no data centers Steele Traill 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
62.2times

more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Cass County's own plants cover 1.6% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 1.3 GW.

Data centers, planned to operating280 MW
Operating generation4.5 MW
Planned generation1.3 GW

Data centers by status

2 records, 280 MW

Under construction280 MW2 records, 100%
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The data center pipeline

2 records list a year online or expected, from 2026 to 2027. The largest expected additions are 140 MW listed for 2026 and 140 MW for 2027.

Figure 1

Data center MW by year online or expected

Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.

Through 20252026 and later
050100150 Snapshot year 140 2026 140 2027
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YearRecordsMW
20261140
20271140
Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. 2 records with a year
Figure 2

Who is building in Cass

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

Applied Digital 280 MW 2 sites
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DeveloperSitesMW
Applied Digital2280
Members see all 1 developer, each campus they own here, and the people who run their site selection and energy procurement.
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Power generation in the county

5 plants operate inside Cass County, 4.5 MW of oil and natural gas. The queue adds 1.3 GW across 5 projects.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Cass County

OperatingPlanned
Hybrid (Other)Planned 481 MW 1 project
SolarPlanned 400 MW 2 projects
Battery StoragePlanned 200 MW 1 project
WindPlanned 200 MW 1 project
OilOperating 3 MW 2 projects
Natural GasOperating 1.5 MW 3 projects
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
Hybrid (Other)Planned1481
SolarPlanned2400
Battery StoragePlanned1200
WindPlanned1200
OilOperating23
Natural GasOperating31.5
Operating: 4.5 MW. Planned: 1.3 GW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 1.3 GW against 280 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
05001k1.5k Snapshot year 200 2026 2027 1,081 2028
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YearPlanned projectsMW
20261200
202700
202841,081
No planned project is past its listed year

Cass County against its neighbors

None of the 3 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Barnes County has the most operating generation among them, 258.9 MW.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Cass County this page 2
280
5
1,281 62.2x
Barnes County 0
0
259
0 0x
Traill County 0
0
17
0 0x
Richland County 0
0
2
467 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

What changed since June 4, 2026

1 project in Cass County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.

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0
added to a queue, 0 MW
0
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 0 MW
0
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 0 MW
0
slipped their in-service date, 0 MW

Every change in Cass County

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 1 change.

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County: Cass County, NDSince June 4, 2026 1 change
ProjectChangeTechnologyMWPrevious dateNew date
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Every record in Cass County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 12 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Cass County, NDStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 12 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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