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Cameron County, Texas

Cameron County, Texas has 2.3 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 4 records, against 1.6 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 7.3 GW of planned generation across 37 projects. That is 2.2% of Texas's data center MW.

Data as of Grid region: ERCOTRefreshed monthly
2.3GW
data centers, planned to operating
4
data center records, not cancelled
2.2%
of Texas's data center MW
1.6GW
operating generation, 88 projects
7.3GW
planned generation, 37 projects
3
data center developers active here
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Cameron County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 2 of its 2 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Willacy 286 MW Hidalgo no data centers Cameron 2.3 GW
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
1.5times

more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Cameron County's own plants cover 67.8% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 7.3 GW.

Data centers, planned to operating2.3 GW
Operating generation1.6 GW
Planned generation7.3 GW

Data centers by status

4 records, 2.3 GW

Planned2.3 GW4 records, 100%
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The data center pipeline

1 record list a year online or expected, from 2028 to 2028. The largest expected additions are 0 MW listed for 2028. 3 records 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 2028
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YearRecordsMW
202810
Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. 1 record with a year; 3 without are left out
Figure 2

Who is building in Cameron

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

Eneus Energy 2 GW 1 site
Soluna Holdings 287 MW 2 sites
Fluidstack 0 MW 1 site
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DeveloperSitesMW
Eneus Energy12,000
Soluna Holdings2287
Fluidstack10
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Power generation in the county

88 plants operate inside Cameron County, 1.6 GW. The queue adds 7.3 GW across 37 projects.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Cameron County

OperatingPlanned
Battery StorageOperating 186.3 MW 9 projects
Battery StoragePlanned 4.1 GW 27 projects
Natural GasOperating 137.2 MW 6 projects
Natural GasPlanned 1.5 GW 1 project
SolarOperating 180 MW 2 projects
SolarPlanned 1.3 GW 7 projects
WindOperating 1 GW 6 projects
WindPlanned 300 MW 1 project
HydrogenPlanned 79.6 MW 1 project
OilOperating 42.5 MW 65 projects
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
Battery StorageOperating9186.3
Battery StoragePlanned274,101.8
Natural GasOperating6137.2
Natural GasPlanned11,536.4
SolarOperating2180
SolarPlanned71,288.6
WindOperating61,005.3
WindPlanned1300
HydrogenPlanned179.6
OilOperating6542.5
Operating: 1.6 GW. Planned: 7.3 GW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 8.9 GW against 2.3 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 Snapshot year 922 2026 2,407 2027 2,532 2028 1,146 2029 300 2030
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YearPlanned projectsMW
20269921.8
202752,406.7
2028162,531.5
202961,146.4
20301300
No planned project is past its listed year

Cameron County against its neighbors

Willacy County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 286 MW, 13% of Cameron County's. 2 of the 2 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Cameron County this page 4
2,287
1,551
7,307 1.5x
Willacy County 2
286
1,445
787 0.2x
Hidalgo County 0
0
3,427
4,909 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.

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What changed since June 4, 2026

14 projects in Cameron County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.

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0
added to a queue, 0 MW
1
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 101.2 MW
2
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 326.2 MW
11
slipped their in-service date, 1.2 GW

Every change in Cameron County

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 14 changes.

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County: Cameron County, TXSince June 4, 2026 14 changes
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Every record in Cameron County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 129 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Cameron County, TXStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 129 records
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