Lorain County, Ohio
Lorain County, Ohio has 22 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 18 operating plants totaling 577.1 MW and 4 planned projects totaling 1.4 GW. No data center record lists the county. Natural Gas leads with 1.8 GW across 17 projects.
Lorain County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 4 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
more planned than operating generation in Lorain County. 4 projects in the queue would add 1.4 GW to the 577.1 MW operating today.
Technology mix
22 projects, 1.9 GW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
18 plants operate inside Lorain County, 577.1 MW. The queue adds 1.4 GW across 4 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Lorain County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas | Operating | 13 | 442.4 |
| Natural Gas | Planned | 4 | 1,364.5 |
| Oil | Operating | 4 | 132.7 |
| Solar | Operating | 1 | 2 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2028 | 2 | 201.7 |
| 2029 | 0 | 0 |
| 2030 | 0 | 0 |
| 2031 | 2 | 1,162.8 |
Lorain County against its neighbors
Erie County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 358.8 MW. 3 of the 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erie County | 4 | 298 | 2.8x | ||
| Lorain County this page | 0 | 1,365 | 0x | ||
| Cuyahoga County | 1 | 16 | 0x | ||
| Medina County | 0 | 0 | 0x | ||
| Huron County | 0 | 377 | 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
2 projects in Lorain County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Lorain County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 2 changes.
| 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 Lorain County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 22 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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