McLean County, North Dakota
McLean County, North Dakota has 300 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 1.2 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 400 MW of planned generation across 1 project, 1 of them past its listed in-service date.
McLean County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 4 of its 8 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: 300 MW of data centers against 1.2 GW of plants, with 400 MW more planned.
Data centers by status
1 record, 300 MW
The data center pipeline
None of the 1 record lists a year online or expected, so the pipeline is shown by developer only.
Who is building in McLean
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Energy | 1 | 300 |
Power generation in the county
4 plants operate inside McLean County, 1.2 GW of coal and oil. The queue adds 400 MW across 1 project, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in McLean County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal | Operating | 2 | 1,209.6 |
| Transmission | Planned | 1 | 400 |
| Oil | Operating | 2 | 6 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 400 |
McLean County against its neighbors
None of the 4 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Mercer County has the most operating generation among them, 2.6 GW.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLean County this page | 1 | 400 | 0.25x | ||
| Mercer County | 0 | 212 | 0x | ||
| Oliver County | 0 | 202 | 0x | ||
| Burleigh County | 1 | 0 | 0x | ||
| Ward County | 0 | 400 | 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.
5 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
1 project in McLean County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in McLean County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 1 change.
| 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 McLean County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 6 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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