Hidalgo County, Texas
Hidalgo County, Texas has 113 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 85 operating plants totaling 3.4 GW and 28 planned projects totaling 4.9 GW. No data center record lists the county. Battery Storage leads with 3.5 GW across 38 projects.
Hidalgo 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.
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 Hidalgo County. 28 projects in the queue would add 4.9 GW to the 3.4 GW operating today.
Technology mix
113 projects, 8.3 GW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
85 plants operate inside Hidalgo County, 3.4 GW. The queue adds 4.9 GW across 28 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Hidalgo County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Storage | Operating | 16 | 757.9 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 22 | 2,731.9 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 36 | 2,111.7 |
| Natural Gas | Planned | 1 | 1,220 |
| Wind | Operating | 3 | 538.9 |
| Wind | Planned | 1 | 233.9 |
| Solar | Planned | 4 | 723.5 |
| Oil | Operating | 30 | 18 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 324.7 |
| 2027 | 3 | 297 |
| 2028 | 14 | 3,319.1 |
| 2029 | 7 | 968.5 |
Hidalgo County against its neighbors
Cameron County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 2.3 GW. 4 of the 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron County | 4 | 7,307 | 1.5x | ||
| Willacy County | 2 | 787 | 0.2x | ||
| Hidalgo County this page | 0 | 4,909 | 0x | ||
| Starr County | 0 | 5,145 | 0x | ||
| Kenedy County | 0 | 1,311 | 0x | ||
| Brooks County | 0 | 879 | 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 shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
11 projects in Hidalgo County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Hidalgo County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 11 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 Hidalgo County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 113 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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