Galveston County, Texas
Galveston County, Texas has 73 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 59 operating plants totaling 3 GW and 14 planned projects totaling 3.7 GW. No data center record lists the county. Battery Storage leads with 3.1 GW across 18 projects.
Galveston County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 3 of its 3 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 Galveston County. 14 projects in the queue would add 3.7 GW to the 3 GW operating today, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.
Technology mix
73 projects, 6.7 GW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
59 plants operate inside Galveston County, 3 GW. The queue adds 3.7 GW across 14 projects, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Galveston County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Storage | Operating | 6 | 409.6 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 12 | 2,649.8 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 39 | 2,540.5 |
| Natural Gas | Planned | 1 | 14 |
| Wind | Planned | 1 | 1,029.4 |
| Waste Heat | Operating | 1 | 65.2 |
| Other | Operating | 1 | 25.8 |
| Oil | Operating | 12 | 7.2 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 14 |
| 2026 | 4 | 757.3 |
| 2027 | 5 | 1,276.6 |
| 2028 | 3 | 616 |
| 2029 | 0 | 0 |
| 2030 | 1 | 1,029.4 |
Galveston County against its neighbors
Harris County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 532.5 MW. 3 of the 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris County | 12 | 8,247 | 0.05x | ||
| Brazoria County | 1 | 14,272 | 0.05x | ||
| Galveston County this page | 0 | 3,693 | 0x | ||
| Chambers County | 0 | 2,249 | 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.
4 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
7 projects in Galveston County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Galveston County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 7 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 Galveston County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 73 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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