McLennan County, Texas
McLennan County, Texas has 1.5 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 3 records, against 1.6 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 3.9 GW of planned generation across 24 projects. That is 1.4% of Texas's data center MW.
McLennan County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 6 of its 6 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: 1.5 GW of data centers against 1.6 GW of plants, with 3.9 GW more planned.
Data centers by status
3 records, 1.5 GW
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. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2028 | 1 | 500 |
Who is building in McLennan
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 3 of 3.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| InfraKey Capital | 1 | 1,000 |
| Cipher Digital (formerly Cipher Mining) | 1 | 500 |
| DataBank | 1 | 2 |
Power generation in the county
22 plants operate inside McLennan County, 1.6 GW. The queue adds 3.9 GW across 24 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in McLennan County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Storage | Operating | 3 | 400 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 9 | 1,729.1 |
| Solar | Operating | 4 | 174.9 |
| Solar | Planned | 9 | 1,322.5 |
| Coal | Operating | 1 | 1,008 |
| Wind | Planned | 2 | 594.5 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 14 | 5.6 |
| Natural Gas | Planned | 4 | 266.8 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 10 | 1,417.8 |
| 2028 | 9 | 1,407 |
| 2029 | 3 | 908.1 |
| 2030 | 2 | 180 |
McLennan County against its neighbors
Hill County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 7.2 GW, more than McLennan County. 5 of the 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hill County | 5 | 9,693 | 4.7x | ||
| McLennan County this page | 3 | 3,913 | 0.95x | ||
| Bosque County | 1 | 599 | 0.3x | ||
| Bell County | 10 | 4,001 | 0.08x | ||
| Limestone County | 0 | 1,466 | 0x | ||
| Falls County | 0 | 2,009 | 0x | ||
| Coryell County | 0 | 102 | 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.
7 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
10 projects in McLennan County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in McLennan County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 10 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 McLennan County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 49 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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