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Caldwell County, Texas

Caldwell County, Texas has 4 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 4 records, against 368 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 4.9 GW of planned generation across 18 projects. That is 3.8% of Texas's data center MW.

Data as of Grid region: ERCOTRefreshed monthly
4GW
data centers, planned to operating
4
data center records, not cancelled
3.8%
of Texas's data center MW
368MW
operating generation, 20 natural gas projects
4.9GW
planned generation, 18 projects
3
data center developers active here
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Caldwell County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 6 of its 6 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Gonzales no data centers Fayette no data centers Caldwell 4 GW Travis 629.8 MW Bastrop 470.4 MW Hays 1.2 GW Guadalupe 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
10.9times

more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Caldwell County's own plants cover 9.2% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 4.9 GW.

Data centers, planned to operating4 GW
Operating generation368 MW
Planned generation4.9 GW

Data centers by status

4 records, 4 GW

Planned4 GW4 records, 100%
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The data center pipeline

3 records list a year online or expected, from 2027 to 2028. The largest expected additions are 0 MW listed for 2028 and 0 MW for 2027. 1 record list no year.

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
01 2027 2028
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YearRecordsMW
202720
202810
Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. 3 records with a year; 1 without are left out
Figure 2

Who is building in Caldwell

Data center developers by MW on record. Top 3 of 3.

Tract 4 GW 1 site
Prime Data Centers 0 MW 2 sites
Edged 0 MW 1 site
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DeveloperSitesMW
Tract14,000
Prime Data Centers20
Edged10
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Power generation in the county

20 plants operate inside Caldwell County, 368 MW of natural gas. The queue adds 4.9 GW across 18 projects.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Caldwell County

OperatingPlanned
Natural GasOperating 368 MW 20 projects
Natural GasPlanned 3.5 GW 6 projects
Battery StoragePlanned 1.2 GW 9 projects
SolarPlanned 180.8 MW 3 projects
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
Natural GasOperating20368
Natural GasPlanned63,505
Battery StoragePlanned91,233.1
SolarPlanned3180.8
Operating: 368 MW. Planned: 4.9 GW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 5.3 GW against 4 GW 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
01k2k3k 239 2027 832 2028 741 2029 2,227 2030 2031 880 2032
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YearPlanned projectsMW
20272238.9
20285832.3
20294741
203062,226.8
203100
20321880
No planned project is past its listed year

Caldwell County against its neighbors

Hays County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 1.2 GW, 30% of Caldwell County's. 5 of the 6 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Caldwell County this page 4
4,000
368
4,919 10.9x
Hays County 2
1,200
999
147 1.2x
Travis County 7
630
1,624
634 0.39x
Bastrop County 6
470
2,051
5,178 0.23x
Guadalupe County 0
0
2,651
4,064 0x
Fayette County 0
0
2,172
1,217 0x
Gonzales County 0
0
5
1,235 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.

7 counties shown

What changed since June 4, 2026

5 projects in Caldwell 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, 450 MW
0
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 0 MW
0
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 0 MW
2
slipped their in-service date, 980 MW

Every change in Caldwell County

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 5 changes.

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County: Caldwell County, TXSince June 4, 2026 5 changes
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Every record in Caldwell County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 42 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Caldwell County, TXStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 42 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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