Cherokee County, Texas
Cherokee County, Texas has 10 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 7 operating plants totaling 713.4 MW and 3 planned projects totaling 1.3 GW. No data center record lists the county. Natural Gas leads with 1.9 GW across 3 projects.
Cherokee County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 6 of its 7 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 planned than operating generation in Cherokee County. 3 projects in the queue would add 1.3 GW to the 713.4 MW operating today.
Technology mix
10 projects, 2 GW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
7 plants operate inside Cherokee County, 713.4 MW of natural gas and oil. The queue adds 1.3 GW across 3 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Cherokee County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas | Operating | 2 | 703.4 |
| Natural Gas | Planned | 1 | 1,173.5 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 2 | 151.3 |
| Oil | Operating | 5 | 10 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2028 | 1 | 1,173.5 |
| 2029 | 2 | 151.3 |
Cherokee County against its neighbors
Angelina County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 175 MW. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angelina County | 1 | 1,908 | 0.88x | ||
| Rusk County | 0 | 1,141 | 0x | ||
| Cherokee County this page | 0 | 1,325 | 0x | ||
| Henderson County | 0 | 1,301 | 0x | ||
| Nacogdoches County | 0 | 1,677 | 0x | ||
| Anderson County | 0 | 4,821 | no operating MW | ||
| Houston County | 0 | 2,004 | 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.
7 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
1 project in Cherokee County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Cherokee County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 1 change.
| Project | Change | Technology | MW | Previous date | New date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rows are hidden on public pages. Members see the project behind each change, its developer and the dates that moved.
Every record in Cherokee County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 10 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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