Carson County, Texas
Carson County, Texas has 17 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 5 records, against 1.2 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 17.8 GW of planned generation across 165 projects. That is 16.1% of Texas's data center MW.
Carson 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.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Carson County's own plants cover 7.1% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 17.8 GW.
Data centers by status
5 records, 17 GW
The data center pipeline
1 record list a year online or expected, from 2027 to 2027. The largest expected additions are 222 MW listed for 2027. 4 records list no year.
Data center MW by year online or expected
Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.
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| Year | Records | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 1 | 222 |
Who is building in Carson
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Fermi America | 5 | 17,000 |
Power generation in the county
9 plants operate inside Carson County, 1.2 GW of wind. The queue adds 17.8 GW across 165 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Carson County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas | Planned | 157 | 11,679.3 |
| Nuclear | Planned | 4 | 4,468 |
| Wind | Operating | 9 | 1,211.5 |
| Wind | Planned | 1 | 606.3 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 2 | 572.5 |
| Solar | Planned | 1 | 439.4 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 29 | 2,847.3 |
| 2028 | 1 | 200.8 |
| 2029 | 1 | 606.3 |
| 2030 | 128 | 8,832 |
| 2031 | 4 | 3,045.1 |
| 2032 | 2 | 2,234 |
Carson County against its neighbors
Gray County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 1.2 GW, 7% of Carson County's. 4 of the 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson County this page | 5 | 17,766 | 14x | ||
| Gray County | 5 | 2,621 | no operating MW | ||
| Armstrong County | 6 | 3,517 | 4x | ||
| Potter County | 0 | 168 | 0x | ||
| Hutchinson County | 0 | 565 | 0x | ||
| Roberts County | 1 | 751 | 0x | ||
| Moore County | 0 | 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.
7 counties shownEvery record in Carson County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 179 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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