Harris County, Texas
Harris County, Texas has 532.5 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 12 records, against 11 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 8.2 GW of planned generation across 38 projects. That is 0.5% of Texas's data center MW.
Harris 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
of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 532.5 MW of data centers against 11 GW of plants, with 8.2 GW more planned.
Data centers by status
12 records, 532.5 MW
The data center pipeline
8 records list a year online or expected, from 2009 to 2027. The largest expected additions are 285 MW listed for 2027. 4 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 | 25 |
| 2010 | 1 | 43 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 14 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 8 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 48 |
| 2022 | 1 | 24 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 26 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 2027 | 1 | 285 |
Who is building in Harris
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 6 of 8.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| CleanSpark | 1 | 285 |
| CyrusOne | 2 | 91 |
| DataBank | 4 | 54 |
| Raeden | 1 | 50 |
| Skybox | 1 | 26 |
| TRG | 1 | 24 |
Power generation in the county
332 plants operate inside Harris County, 11 GW. The queue adds 8.2 GW across 38 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Harris County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas | Operating | 265 | 10,019.6 |
| Natural Gas | Planned | 5 | 1,394.5 |
| Battery Storage | Operating | 12 | 776.2 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 31 | 6,752.4 |
| Other | Operating | 4 | 99.3 |
| Other | Planned | 1 | 50 |
| Solar | Operating | 3 | 71.5 |
| Solar | Planned | 1 | 50.4 |
| Oil | Operating | 45 | 27 |
| Waste Heat | Operating | 2 | 22.9 |
| Petroleum Coke | Operating | 1 | 4.7 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 919.3 |
| 2027 | 12 | 2,781.8 |
| 2028 | 11 | 2,583.6 |
| 2029 | 7 | 1,859.5 |
| 2030 | 1 | 103.1 |
Harris County against its neighbors
Brazoria County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 300 MW, 56% of Harris County's. 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris County this page | 12 | 8,247 | 0.05x | ||
| Brazoria County | 1 | 14,272 | 0.05x | ||
| Montgomery County | 4 | 423 | 0.01x | ||
| Fort Bend County | 0 | 2,368 | 0x | ||
| Galveston County | 0 | 3,693 | 0x | ||
| Chambers County | 0 | 2,249 | 0x | ||
| Waller County | 0 | 924 | 0x | ||
| Liberty County | 0 | 1,030 | 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
17 projects in Harris County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Harris County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 17 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 Harris County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 382 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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