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Hale County, Texas

Hale County, Texas has 888 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 7 records, against 1.4 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 2.7 GW of planned generation across 7 projects. That is 0.8% of Texas's data center MW.

Data as of Grid region: Southwest Power Pool (SPP)Refreshed monthly
888MW
data centers, planned to operating
7
data center records, not cancelled
0.8%
of Texas's data center MW
1.4GW
operating generation, 23 projects
2.7GW
planned generation, 7 projects
2
data center developers active here
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Hale County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 5 of its 5 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Hale 888 MW Swisher no data centers Castro no data centers Lamb no data centers Lubbock no data centers Floyd 420 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
61%

of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 888 MW of data centers against 1.4 GW of plants, with 2.7 GW more planned.

Data centers, planned to operating888 MW
Operating generation1.4 GW
Planned generation2.7 GW

Data centers by status

7 records, 888 MW

Under construction108 MW1 record, 12%
Planned780 MW6 records, 88%
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The data center pipeline

7 records list a year online or expected, from 2027 to 2032. The largest expected additions are 348 MW listed for 2027 and 108 MW for 2028.

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
0100200300400 348 2027 108 2028 108 2029 2030 2031 2032
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YearRecordsMW
20272348
20281108
20291108
20301108
20311108
20321108
Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. 7 records with a year
Figure 2

Who is building in Hale

Data center developers by MW on record. Top 2 of 2.

Aligned 648 MW 6 sites
Fluidstack 240 MW 1 site
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DeveloperSitesMW
Aligned6648
Fluidstack1240
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Power generation in the county

23 plants operate inside Hale County, 1.4 GW. The queue adds 2.7 GW across 7 projects.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Hale County

OperatingPlanned
Natural GasOperating 766.8 MW 21 projects
Natural GasPlanned 1.6 GW 4 projects
Battery StorageOperating 200 MW 1 project
Battery StoragePlanned 601.9 MW 2 projects
SolarPlanned 511.6 MW 1 project
WindOperating 478 MW 1 project
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
Natural GasOperating21766.8
Natural GasPlanned41,603.4
Battery StorageOperating1200
Battery StoragePlanned2601.9
SolarPlanned1511.6
WindOperating1478
Operating: 1.4 GW. Planned: 2.7 GW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 4.2 GW against 888 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
05001k1.5k2k Snapshot year 203 2026 410 2027 512 2028 2029 1,593 2030
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YearPlanned projectsMW
20261203
20272409.8
20281511.6
202900
203031,592.5
No planned project is past its listed year

Hale County against its neighbors

Floyd County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 420 MW, 47% of Hale County's. 5 of the 5 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Hale County this page 7
888
1,445
2,717 0.61x
Floyd County 7
420
761
500 0.55x
Lamb County 0
0
1,476
150 0x
Swisher County 0
0
1,100
2,780 0x
Lubbock County 0
0
874
426 0x
Castro County 0
0
442
3,391 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.

6 counties shown

What changed since June 4, 2026

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

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0
added to a queue, 0 MW
3
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 602.6 MW
0
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 0 MW
4
slipped their in-service date, 1.8 GW

Every change in Hale County

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 7 changes.

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County: Hale County, TXSince June 4, 2026 7 changes
ProjectChangeTechnologyMWPrevious dateNew date
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Every record in Hale County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 37 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Hale County, TXStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 37 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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