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Payne County, Oklahoma

Payne County, Oklahoma has 660 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 6 records, against 81 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 845.9 MW of planned generation across 4 projects, 2 of them past their listed in-service date.

Data as of Grid region: Southwest Power Pool (SPP)Refreshed monthly
660MW
data centers, planned to operating
6
data center records, not cancelled
9.9%
of Oklahoma's data center MW
81MW
operating generation, 14 natural gas projects
845.9MW
planned generation, 4 projects
1
data center developers active here
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Payne 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.

Creek Lincoln no data centers Logan no data centers Pawnee Payne 660 MW Noble 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
8.1times

more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Payne County's own plants cover 12.3% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 845.9 MW.

Data centers, planned to operating660 MW
Operating generation81 MW
Planned generation845.9 MW

Data centers by status

6 records, 660 MW

Under construction110 MW1 record, 17%
Planned550 MW5 records, 83%
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The data center pipeline

6 records list a year online or expected, from 2027 to 2032. The largest expected additions are 110 MW listed for 2027 and 110 MW for 2028.

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 110 2027 110 2028 110 2029 2030 2031 2032
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YearRecordsMW
20271110
20281110
20291110
20301110
20311110
20321110
Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. 6 records with a year
Figure 2

Who is building in Payne

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

Google 660 MW 6 sites
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DeveloperSitesMW
Google6660
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

14 plants operate inside Payne County, 81 MW of natural gas. The queue adds 845.9 MW across 4 projects, and 2 of them are past their listed in-service date.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Payne County

OperatingPlanned
Natural GasOperating 81 MW 14 projects
Natural GasPlanned 419 MW 1 project
WindPlanned 250 MW 1 project
SolarPlanned 176.9 MW 2 projects
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
Natural GasOperating1481
Natural GasPlanned1419
WindPlanned1250
SolarPlanned2176.9
Operating: 81 MW. Planned: 845.9 MW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 926.9 MW against 660 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
0200400600 Snapshot year 177 2025 419 2026 2027 2028 250 2029
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YearPlanned projectsMW
20252176.9
20261419
202700
202800
20291250
2 projects, 176.9 MW, were due before 2026

Payne County against its neighbors

None of the 3 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Noble County has the most operating generation among them, 1.7 GW.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Payne County this page 6
660
81
846 8.1x
Noble County 0
0
1,656
426 0x
Logan County 0
0
1,146
0 0x
Lincoln County 0
0
0
616 no operating MW

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.

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What changed since June 4, 2026

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

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1
added to a queue, 419 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 Payne County

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

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County: Payne County, OKSince June 4, 2026 1 change
ProjectChangeTechnologyMWPrevious dateNew date
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Every record in Payne County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 24 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Payne County, OKStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 24 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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