Ector County, Texas
Ector County, Texas has 457 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 2 records, against 2.9 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 4.6 GW of planned generation across 27 projects, 1 of them past its listed in-service date.
Ector 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: 457 MW of data centers against 2.9 GW of plants, with 4.6 GW more planned.
Data centers by status
2 records, 457 MW
The data center pipeline
1 record list a year online or expected, from 2022 to 2022. No record lists a year at or after the snapshot. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 207 |
Who is building in Ector
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 2 of 2.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Texas Critical Data Centers | 1 | 250 |
| Cipher Digital (formerly Cipher Mining) | 1 | 207 |
Power generation in the county
75 plants operate inside Ector County, 2.9 GW. The queue adds 4.6 GW across 27 projects, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Ector County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar | Operating | 6 | 615.4 |
| Solar | Planned | 15 | 2,958.5 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 17 | 2,063.2 |
| Natural Gas | Planned | 1 | 122.8 |
| Battery Storage | Operating | 5 | 75.7 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 11 | 1,541.7 |
| Wind | Operating | 2 | 152.5 |
| Oil | Operating | 45 | 27 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 101.6 |
| 2026 | 6 | 689.3 |
| 2027 | 1 | 256 |
| 2028 | 9 | 1,179.8 |
| 2029 | 9 | 1,995.1 |
| 2030 | 1 | 401.3 |
Ector County against its neighbors
Winkler County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 300 MW, 66% of Ector 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ector County this page | 2 | 4,623 | 0.16x | ||
| Winkler County | 4 | 217 | 1.2x | ||
| Upton County | 1 | 5,824 | 0.15x | ||
| Ward County | 1 | 5,763 | 0.39x | ||
| Midland County | 2 | 876 | 1.1x | ||
| Andrews County | 1 | 2,784 | 0.08x | ||
| Crane County | 0 | 3,144 | 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 shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
10 projects in Ector County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Ector County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 10 changes.
| 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 Ector County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 104 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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