Dallas County, Texas
Dallas County, Texas has 4 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 68 records, against 2.1 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 2 GW of planned generation across 13 projects. That is 3.8% of Texas's data center MW.
Dallas County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 5 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. Dallas County's own plants cover 51.2% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 2 GW.
Data centers by status
68 records, 4 GW
The data center pipeline
40 records list a year online or expected, from 2010 to 2032. The largest expected additions are 819.1 MW listed for 2027 and 499.2 MW for 2028. 28 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 105 |
| 2015 | 1 | 8 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 60 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 60 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 114 |
| 2025 | 6 | 277 |
| 2026 | 4 | 124 |
| 2027 | 12 | 819 |
| 2028 | 5 | 499 |
| 2029 | 1 | 72 |
| 2030 | 0 | 0 |
| 2031 | 0 | 0 |
| 2032 | 1 | 72 |
Who is building in Dallas
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 6 of 21.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| QTS | 12 | 926 |
| Lincoln Property Company | 1 | 540 |
| Stream Data Centers | 8 | 522 |
| Skybox | 4 | 352 |
| Archer Datacenters | 1 | 300 |
| Stack Infrastructure | 6 | 281 |
Power generation in the county
44 plants operate inside Dallas County, 2.1 GW. The queue adds 2 GW across 13 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Dallas County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas | Operating | 27 | 1,788.5 |
| Natural Gas | Planned | 1 | 737 |
| Battery Storage | Operating | 3 | 260 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 10 | 1,235.5 |
| Other | Planned | 1 | 50 |
| Oil | Operating | 6 | 10.8 |
| Solar | Operating | 5 | 6.1 |
| Solar | Planned | 1 | 2.3 |
| Landfill Gas | Operating | 3 | 4.2 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 2.3 |
| 2027 | 0 | 0 |
| 2028 | 3 | 1,195.7 |
| 2029 | 8 | 816.8 |
| 2030 | 1 | 10 |
Dallas County against its neighbors
Ellis County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 5.3 GW, more than Dallas County. 3 of the 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis County | 52 | 6,441 | 2.1x | ||
| Dallas County this page | 68 | 2,025 | 2x | ||
| Tarrant County | 29 | 792 | 0.97x | ||
| Denton County | 14 | 401 | 0.82x | ||
| Collin County | 20 | 1,477 | 1.1x | ||
| Kaufman County | 1 | 2,926 | 0.09x |
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.
6 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
2 projects in Dallas County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Dallas County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 2 changes.
| Project | Change | Technology | MW | Previous date | New date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Every record in Dallas County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 125 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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