FieldProspects

Ward County, Texas

Ward County, Texas has 234 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 597.7 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 5.8 GW of planned generation across 20 projects. That is 0.2% of Texas's data center MW.

Data as of Grid region: ERCOTRefreshed monthly
234MW
data centers, planned to operating
1
data center records, not cancelled
0.2%
of Texas's data center MW
597.7MW
operating generation, 17 projects
5.8GW
planned generation, 20 projects
1
data center developers active here
Map

Ward 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.

Winkler 300 MW Crane no data centers Ward 234 MW Loving Reeves 3.3 GW Pecos 6.9 GW Ector 457 MW
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
39%

of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 234 MW of data centers against 597.7 MW of plants, with 5.8 GW more planned.

Data centers, planned to operating234 MW
Operating generation597.7 MW
Planned generation5.8 GW

Data centers by status

1 record, 234 MW

Operating234 MW1 record, 100%
Who owns each of the 1 records?Campus names, developers and contacts are for members.See what members get

The data center pipeline

1 record list a year online or expected, from 2024 to 2024. No record lists a year at or after the snapshot.

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
0100200300 234 2024
View as table
YearRecordsMW
20241234
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 Ward

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

Ionic Digital 234 MW 1 site
View as table
DeveloperSitesMW
Ionic Digital1234
Members see all 1 developer, each campus they own here, and the people who run their site selection and energy procurement.
Aggregates only. Campus names are for members.

Power generation in the county

17 plants operate inside Ward County, 597.7 MW of natural gas and battery storage. The queue adds 5.8 GW across 20 projects.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Ward County

OperatingPlanned
Natural GasOperating 467 MW 13 projects
Natural GasPlanned 4.6 GW 12 projects
Battery StorageOperating 130.7 MW 4 projects
Battery StoragePlanned 906.4 MW 6 projects
SolarPlanned 264 MW 2 projects
View as table
TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
Natural GasOperating13467
Natural GasPlanned124,593.1
Battery StorageOperating4130.7
Battery StoragePlanned6906.4
SolarPlanned2264
Operating: 597.7 MW. Planned: 5.8 GW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 6.4 GW against 234 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
01k2k3k Snapshot year 20 2026 1,145 2027 2,927 2028 1,653 2029 18 2030
View as table
YearPlanned projectsMW
2026419.9
202741,144.9
202882,927.1
202931,653.3
2030118.2
No planned project is past its listed year

Ward County against its neighbors

Pecos County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 6.9 GW, more than Ward 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
Pecos County 15
6,900
3,731
22,317 1.8x
Reeves County 6
3,258
621
8,712 5.2x
Ector County 2
457
2,934
4,623 0.16x
Winkler County 4
300
250
217 1.2x
Ward County this page 1
234
598
5,763 0.39x
Crane County 0
0
503
3,144 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

14 projects in Ward County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.

Open the change feed
1
added to a queue, 18.2 MW
6
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 29.8 MW
0
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 0 MW
7
slipped their in-service date, 408.2 MW

Every change in Ward County

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 14 changes.

Members only
County: Ward County, TXSince June 4, 2026 14 changes
ProjectChangeTechnologyMWPrevious dateNew date
14 changes behind this preview

Rows are hidden on public pages. Members see the project behind each change, its developer and the dates that moved.

Request access

Every record in Ward County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 38 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

Members only
County: Ward County, TXStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 38 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
38 records and 6.6 GW behind this preview

Rows are hidden on public pages. Members see every field and can export up to 1,000 rows a month on Solo, unlimited on Unlimited.

Request access

Get alerts for Ward County

We email you when a data center or power project in Ward County is added, changes status, signs an interconnection agreement or slips its date. One email per snapshot, only when something changed.

One email per snapshot, only when something changed. Unsubscribe any time.

Open every campus, project and contact in Ward County.

Solo is $250 a month for one user. Unlimited is $500 for your whole team. Cancel any time.