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Kaufman County, Texas

Kaufman County, Texas has 200 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 2.2 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 2.9 GW of planned generation across 20 projects. That is 0.2% of Texas's data center MW.

Data as of Grid region: ERCOTRefreshed monthly
200MW
data centers, planned to operating
1
data center records, not cancelled
0.2%
of Texas's data center MW
2.2GW
operating generation, 11 projects
2.9GW
planned generation, 20 projects
1
data center developers active here
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Kaufman County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 5 of its 6 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Van Zandt no data centers Hunt 430 MW Ellis 5.3 GW Kaufman 200 MW Rockwall Dallas 4 GW Henderson no data centers
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
9%

of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 200 MW of data centers against 2.2 GW of plants, with 2.9 GW more planned.

Data centers, planned to operating200 MW
Operating generation2.2 GW
Planned generation2.9 GW

Data centers by status

1 record, 200 MW

Planned200 MW1 record, 100%
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The data center pipeline

None of the 1 record lists a year online or expected, so the pipeline is shown by developer only.

Figure 1

Who is building in Kaufman

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

Prometheus Hyperscale 200 MW 1 site
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DeveloperSitesMW
Prometheus Hyperscale1200
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Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. Aggregates only. Campus names are for members.

Power generation in the county

11 plants operate inside Kaufman County, 2.2 GW. The queue adds 2.9 GW across 20 projects.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Kaufman County

OperatingPlanned
Natural GasOperating 1.9 GW 8 projects
SolarOperating 146.7 MW 1 project
SolarPlanned 1.7 GW 9 projects
Battery StorageOperating 155.2 MW 2 projects
Battery StoragePlanned 1.2 GW 10 projects
WindPlanned 0 MW 1 project
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
Natural GasOperating81,894.2
SolarOperating1146.7
SolarPlanned91,702.6
Battery StorageOperating2155.2
Battery StoragePlanned101,223.7
WindPlanned10
Operating: 2.2 GW. Planned: 2.9 GW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 5.1 GW against 200 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
05001k1.5k Snapshot year 685 2026 313 2027 1,226 2028 703 2029
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YearPlanned projectsMW
20265685
20272312.9
2028101,225.6
20293702.9
No planned project is past its listed year

Kaufman County against its neighbors

Ellis County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 5.3 GW, more than Kaufman County. 2 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
Ellis County 52
5,279
2,517
6,441 2.1x
Dallas County 68
4,041
2,070
2,025 2x
Hunt County 1
430
372
1,652 1.2x
Kaufman County this page 1
200
2,196
2,926 0.09x
Henderson County 0
0
546
1,301 0x
Van Zandt County 0
0
59
1,206 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

4 projects in Kaufman 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
1
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 151.7 MW
0
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 0 MW
1
slipped its in-service date, 151 MW

Every change in Kaufman County

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

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

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 32 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Kaufman County, TXStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 32 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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