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Nolan County, Texas

Nolan County, Texas has 2 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 2 records, against 2.8 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 5.3 GW of planned generation across 21 projects, 2 of them past their listed in-service date.

Data as of Grid region: ERCOTRefreshed monthly
2GW
data centers, planned to operating
2
data center records, not cancelled
1.9%
of Texas's data center MW
2.8GW
operating generation, 18 projects
5.3GW
planned generation, 21 projects
1
data center developers active here
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Nolan 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.

Taylor 2.1 GW Mitchell 300 MW Runnels no data centers Fisher no data centers Nolan 2 GW Coke 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
72%

of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 2 GW of data centers against 2.8 GW of plants, with 5.3 GW more planned.

Data centers, planned to operating2 GW
Operating generation2.8 GW
Planned generation5.3 GW

Data centers by status

2 records, 2 GW

Planned2 GW2 records, 100%
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The data center pipeline

1 record list a year online or expected, from 2027 to 2027. The largest expected additions are 600 MW listed for 2027. 1 record list no year.

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 600 2027
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YearRecordsMW
20271600
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; 1 without are left out
Figure 2

Who is building in Nolan

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

IREN 2 GW 2 sites
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DeveloperSitesMW
IREN22,000
Members see all 1 developer, each campus they own here, and the people who run their site selection and energy procurement.
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Power generation in the county

18 plants operate inside Nolan County, 2.8 GW. The queue adds 5.3 GW across 21 projects, and 2 of them are past their listed in-service date.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Nolan County

OperatingPlanned
WindOperating 2.6 GW 15 projects
WindPlanned 1.1 GW 10 projects
SolarOperating 200 MW 1 project
SolarPlanned 2.1 GW 6 projects
Battery StorageOperating 19.9 MW 2 projects
Battery StoragePlanned 1 GW 4 projects
Natural GasPlanned 1 GW 1 project
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
WindOperating152,552
WindPlanned101,149.7
SolarOperating1200
SolarPlanned62,078.9
Battery StorageOperating219.9
Battery StoragePlanned41,017.4
Natural GasPlanned11,026
Operating: 2.8 GW. Planned: 5.3 GW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 8 GW against 2 GW 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
01k2k3k Snapshot year 10 2024 2025 207 2026 1,842 2027 514 2028 2,698 2029
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YearPlanned projectsMW
2024210.3
202500
20264207.1
202741,842.5
20281514
2029102,698.1
2 projects, 10.3 MW, were due before 2026

Nolan County against its neighbors

Taylor County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 2.1 GW, more than Nolan County. 4 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
Taylor County 11
2,100
991
3,834 2.1x
Nolan County this page 2
2,000
2,772
5,272 0.72x
Mitchell County 1
300
688
7,169 0.44x
Coke County 0
0
527
1,292 0x
Fisher County 0
0
509
3,420 0x
Runnels County 0
0
125
1,803 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.

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What changed since June 4, 2026

5 projects in Nolan 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
0
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 0 MW
2
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 203.1 MW
3
slipped their in-service date, 484.1 MW

Every change in Nolan County

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 5 changes.

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County: Nolan County, TXSince June 4, 2026 5 changes
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Every record in Nolan County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 41 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Nolan County, TXStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 41 records
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