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McCulloch County, Texas

McCulloch County, Texas has 500 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 340 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 840.8 MW of planned generation across 4 projects. That is 0.5% of Texas's data center MW.

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
340MW
operating generation, 2 wind projects
840.8MW
planned generation, 4 projects
1
data center developers active here
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McCulloch 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.

Brown no data centers Menard no data centers Mason Concho no data centers McCulloch 500 MW San Saba Coleman 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
1.5times

more data center MW than operating generation in the county. McCulloch County's own plants cover 68% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 840.8 MW.

Data centers, planned to operating500 MW
Operating generation340 MW
Planned generation840.8 MW

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 2028 to 2028. The largest expected additions are 500 MW listed 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
0200400600 500 2028
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YearRecordsMW
20281500
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 McCulloch

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

2 plants operate inside McCulloch County, 340 MW of wind. The queue adds 840.8 MW across 4 projects.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in McCulloch County

OperatingPlanned
SolarPlanned 490 MW 2 projects
Battery StoragePlanned 350.8 MW 2 projects
WindOperating 340 MW 2 projects
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
SolarPlanned2490
Battery StoragePlanned2350.8
WindOperating2340
Operating: 340 MW. Planned: 840.8 MW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 1.2 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
0200400600800 151 2027 690 2028
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YearPlanned projectsMW
20271150.8
20283690
No planned project is past its listed year

McCulloch County against its neighbors

None of the 4 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Concho County has the most operating generation among them, 1 GW.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
McCulloch County this page 1
500
340
841 1.5x
Concho County 0
0
1,000
3,209 0x
Brown County 0
0
480
2,694 0x
Menard County 0
0
8
295 0x
Coleman County 0
0
0
2,143 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.

5 counties shown

What changed since June 4, 2026

1 project in McCulloch County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.

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added to a queue, 0 MW
0
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 0 MW
1
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 200.8 MW
0
slipped their in-service date, 0 MW

Every change in McCulloch County

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 1 change.

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County: McCulloch County, TXSince June 4, 2026 1 change
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Every record in McCulloch County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 7 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: McCulloch County, TXStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 7 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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