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Van Wert County, Ohio

Van Wert County, Ohio has 500 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 903.2 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 1.7 GW of planned generation across 6 projects. That is 1.7% of Ohio's data center MW.

Data as of Grid region: PJM InterconnectionRefreshed monthly
500MW
data centers, planned to operating
1
data center records, not cancelled
1.7%
of Ohio's data center MW
903.2MW
operating generation, 5 projects
1.7GW
planned generation, 6 projects
1
data center developers active here
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Van Wert 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.

Van Wert 500 MW Auglaize no data centers Putnam no data centers Allen Mercer Paulding 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
55%

of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 500 MW of data centers against 903.2 MW of plants, with 1.7 GW more planned.

Data centers, planned to operating500 MW
Operating generation903.2 MW
Planned generation1.7 GW

Data centers by status

1 record, 500 MW

Planned500 MW1 record, 100%
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The data center pipeline

None of the 1 record lists a year online or expected, so the pipeline is shown by developer only.

Figure 1

Who is building in Van Wert

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

Thor Equities 500 MW 1 site
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DeveloperSitesMW
Thor Equities1500
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Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. Aggregates only. Campus names are for members.

Power generation in the county

5 plants operate inside Van Wert County, 903.2 MW of natural gas and wind. The queue adds 1.7 GW across 6 projects.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Van Wert County

OperatingPlanned
SolarPlanned 1.3 GW 5 projects
Natural GasOperating 596.7 MW 3 projects
Battery StoragePlanned 400 MW 1 project
WindOperating 306.5 MW 2 projects
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
SolarPlanned51,262
Natural GasOperating3596.7
Battery StoragePlanned1400
WindOperating2306.5
Operating: 903.2 MW. Planned: 1.7 GW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 2.6 GW against 500 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
02505007501k 962 2027 2028 2029 700 2030
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YearPlanned projectsMW
20274962
202800
202900
20302700
No planned project is past its listed year

Van Wert County against its neighbors

None of the 3 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Paulding County has the most operating generation among them, 633.9 MW.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Van Wert County this page 1
500
903
1,662 0.55x
Paulding County 0
0
634
487 0x
Putnam County 0
0
205
100 0x
Auglaize County 0
0
50
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.

4 counties shown

What changed since June 4, 2026

4 projects in Van Wert County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.

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2
added to a queue, 766 MW
0
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 0 MW
2
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 415 MW
0
slipped their in-service date, 0 MW

Every change in Van Wert County

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 4 changes.

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County: Van Wert County, OHSince June 4, 2026 4 changes
ProjectChangeTechnologyMWPrevious dateNew date
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Every record in Van Wert 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: Van Wert County, OHStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 12 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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