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Grimes County, Texas

Grimes County, Texas has 500 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 1.3 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 5.5 GW of planned generation across 20 projects, 2 of them past their listed in-service date.

Data as of Grid region: ERCOTRefreshed monthly
500MW
data centers, planned to operating
1
data center records, not cancelled
0.5%
of Texas's data center MW
1.3GW
operating generation, 7 projects
5.5GW
planned generation, 20 projects
1
data center developers active here
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Grimes County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 4 of its 6 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Walker Madison no data centers Montgomery 8 MW Washington Brazos 0 MW Waller no data centers Grimes 500 MW
no data center MWunder 100 MW100 to 1,000 MW1,000 to 5,000 MW5,000 to 15,000 MW15,000 MW or more no page yet

Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers

Headline finding
38%

of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 500 MW of data centers against 1.3 GW of plants, with 5.5 GW more planned.

Data centers, planned to operating500 MW
Operating generation1.3 GW
Planned generation5.5 GW

Data centers by status

1 record, 500 MW

Planned500 MW1 record, 100%
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The data center pipeline

1 record list a year online or expected, from 2029 to 2029. The largest expected additions are 500 MW listed for 2029.

Figure 1

Data center MW by year online or expected

Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.

Through 20252026 and later
0200400600 500 2029
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YearRecordsMW
20291500
Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. 1 record with a year
Figure 2

Who is building in Grimes

Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.

Cipher Digital (formerly Cipher Mining) 500 MW 1 site
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DeveloperSitesMW
Cipher Digital (formerly Cipher Mining)1500
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Power generation in the county

7 plants operate inside Grimes County, 1.3 GW. The queue adds 5.5 GW across 20 projects, and 2 of them are past their listed in-service date.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Grimes County

OperatingPlanned
Natural GasOperating 939.7 MW 4 projects
Natural GasPlanned 1.7 GW 3 projects
Battery StorageOperating 151.6 MW 2 projects
Battery StoragePlanned 2.2 GW 8 projects
SolarOperating 210 MW 1 project
SolarPlanned 1.5 GW 8 projects
OtherPlanned 50 MW 1 project
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
Natural GasOperating4939.7
Natural GasPlanned31,745.6
Battery StorageOperating2151.6
Battery StoragePlanned82,186.3
SolarOperating1210
SolarPlanned81,468.5
OtherPlanned150
Operating: 1.3 GW. Planned: 5.5 GW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 6.8 GW against 500 MW of data centers.
Source: ISO queues and EIA-860M, via FieldProspects
Figure 4

Planned generation by listed in-service year

MW. Years before 2026 are past due.

Past dueDue 2026 or later
01k2k3k Snapshot year 210 2025 363 2026 951 2027 2,830 2028 1,096 2029
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YearPlanned projectsMW
20252210
20262363.5
20272950.6
2028112,830.2
202931,096.1
2 projects, 210 MW, were due before 2026

Grimes County against its neighbors

Montgomery County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 8 MW, 2% of Grimes County's. 3 of the 4 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Grimes County this page 1
500
1,301
5,450 0.38x
Montgomery County 4
8
1,548
423 0.01x
Waller County 0
0
480
924 0x
Brazos County 1
0
290
1,541 0x
Madison County 0
0
0
1,474 no operating MW

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.

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What changed since June 4, 2026

4 projects in Grimes County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.

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3
added to a queue, 1.5 GW
0
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 0 MW
0
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 0 MW
1
slipped its in-service date, 210 MW

Every change in Grimes County

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 4 changes.

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County: Grimes County, TXSince June 4, 2026 4 changes
ProjectChangeTechnologyMWPrevious dateNew date
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Every record in Grimes County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 28 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Grimes County, TXStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 28 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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