Mercer County, North Dakota
Mercer County, North Dakota has 11 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 10 operating plants totaling 2.6 GW and 1 planned project totaling 212 MW. No data center record lists the county. Coal leads with 2.1 GW across 5 projects.
Mercer 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.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
of the county's operating generation is in the queue as new capacity: 212 MW planned across 1 project against 2.6 GW operating.
Technology mix
11 projects, 2.9 GW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
10 plants operate inside Mercer County, 2.6 GW of coal and hydro. The queue adds 212 MW across 1 project.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Mercer County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal | Operating | 5 | 2,060 |
| Hydro | Operating | 5 | 583.4 |
| Wind | Planned | 1 | 212 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 1 | 212 |
Mercer County against its neighbors
McLean County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 300 MW. 3 of the 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McLean County | 1 | 400 | 0.25x | ||
| Mercer County this page | 0 | 212 | 0x | ||
| Oliver County | 0 | 202 | 0x | ||
| Morton County | 0 | 1,078 | 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 shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
1 project in Mercer County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Mercer 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 Mercer County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 11 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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