Ellis County, Texas
Ellis County, Texas has 5.3 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 52 records, against 2.5 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 6.4 GW of planned generation across 29 projects. That is 5% of Texas's data center MW.
Ellis County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 7 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 data center MW than operating generation in the county. Ellis County's own plants cover 47.7% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 6.4 GW.
Data centers by status
52 records, 5.3 GW
The data center pipeline
26 records list a year online or expected, from 2020 to 2028. The largest expected additions are 583.8 MW listed for 2026 and 411 MW for 2028. 26 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 158 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 90 |
| 2024 | 3 | 135 |
| 2025 | 3 | 197 |
| 2026 | 8 | 584 |
| 2027 | 2 | 179 |
| 2028 | 5 | 411 |
Who is building in Ellis
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 6 of 6.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| PowerHouse | 24 | 1,800 |
| Provident Data Centers | 1 | 1,800 |
| DataBank | 8 | 672 |
| 6 | 549 | |
| Compass Datacenters | 12 | 458 |
| Cawley Partners | 1 | 0 |
Power generation in the county
11 plants operate inside Ellis County, 2.5 GW. The queue adds 6.4 GW across 29 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Ellis County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Storage | Operating | 1 | 150 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 13 | 3,403.8 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 8 | 2,152 |
| Natural Gas | Planned | 5 | 897.9 |
| Solar | Operating | 2 | 214.7 |
| Solar | Planned | 10 | 2,089.4 |
| Other | Planned | 1 | 50 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 125.7 |
| 2027 | 8 | 1,099.3 |
| 2028 | 7 | 969.1 |
| 2029 | 10 | 3,187.4 |
| 2030 | 3 | 1,059.6 |
Ellis County against its neighbors
Hill County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 7.2 GW, more than Ellis County. 5 of the 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hill County | 5 | 9,693 | 4.7x | ||
| Ellis County this page | 52 | 6,441 | 2.1x | ||
| Dallas County | 68 | 2,025 | 2x | ||
| Tarrant County | 29 | 792 | 0.97x | ||
| Kaufman County | 1 | 2,926 | 0.09x | ||
| Navarro County | 0 | 7,021 | 0x | ||
| Henderson County | 0 | 1,301 | 0x | ||
| Johnson County | 0 | 629 | 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.
8 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
14 projects in Ellis County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Ellis County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 14 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 Ellis County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 92 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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