Denton County, Texas
Denton County, Texas has 909.5 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 14 records, against 1.1 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 401 MW of planned generation across 2 projects. That is 0.9% of Texas's data center MW.
Denton 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
of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 909.5 MW of data centers against 1.1 GW of plants, with 401 MW more planned.
Data centers by status
14 records, 909.5 MW
The data center pipeline
13 records list a year online or expected, from 2000 to 2026. The largest expected additions are 259 MW listed for 2026. 1 record 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1 | 126 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 37 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 35 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 24 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 11 |
| 2025 | 3 | 397 |
| 2026 | 4 | 259 |
Who is building in Denton
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 5 of 5.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Core Scientific | 6 | 394 |
| CoreWeave | 1 | 262 |
| CyrusOne | 4 | 196 |
| Digital Realty | 2 | 38 |
| Qumulus AI | 1 | 20 |
Power generation in the county
27 plants operate inside Denton County, 1.1 GW. The queue adds 401 MW across 2 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Denton County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Storage | Operating | 2 | 225 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 2 | 401 |
| Solar | Operating | 4 | 524.5 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 17 | 353.3 |
| Landfill Gas | Operating | 2 | 3.2 |
| Hydro | Operating | 1 | 2.8 |
| Oil | Operating | 1 | 1.3 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2028 | 1 | 201 |
| 2029 | 0 | 0 |
| 2030 | 1 | 200 |
Denton County against its neighbors
Dallas County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 4 GW, more than Denton County. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas County | 68 | 2,025 | 2x | ||
| Tarrant County | 29 | 792 | 0.97x | ||
| Denton County this page | 14 | 401 | 0.82x | ||
| Collin County | 20 | 1,477 | 1.1x | ||
| Wise County | 0 | 4,377 | 0x | ||
| Grayson County | 0 | 1,287 | 0x | ||
| Cooke County | 0 | 948 | 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 Denton County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 43 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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