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Willacy County, Texas

Willacy County, Texas has 286 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 2 records, against 1.4 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 786.7 MW of planned generation across 4 projects. That is 0.3% of Texas's data center MW.

Data as of Grid region: ERCOTRefreshed monthly
286MW
data centers, planned to operating
2
data center records, not cancelled
0.3%
of Texas's data center MW
1.4GW
operating generation, 6 wind projects
786.7MW
planned generation, 4 projects
1
data center developers active here
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Willacy County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 3 of its 3 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Kenedy no data centers Willacy 286 MW Hidalgo no data centers Cameron 2.3 GW
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
20%

of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 286 MW of data centers against 1.4 GW of plants, with 786.7 MW more planned.

Data centers, planned to operating286 MW
Operating generation1.4 GW
Planned generation786.7 MW

Data centers by status

2 records, 286 MW

Planned286 MW2 records, 100%
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The data center pipeline

None of the 2 records lists a year online or expected, so the pipeline is shown by developer only.

Figure 1

Who is building in Willacy

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

Soluna Holdings 286 MW 2 sites
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DeveloperSitesMW
Soluna Holdings2286
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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

6 plants operate inside Willacy County, 1.4 GW of wind. The queue adds 786.7 MW across 4 projects.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Willacy County

OperatingPlanned
WindOperating 1.4 GW 6 projects
WindPlanned 685.5 MW 3 projects
Battery StoragePlanned 101.2 MW 1 project
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
WindOperating61,444.6
WindPlanned3685.5
Battery StoragePlanned1101.2
Operating: 1.4 GW. Planned: 786.7 MW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 2.2 GW against 286 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
0100200300400 Snapshot year 302 2026 101 2027 199 2028 185 2029
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YearPlanned projectsMW
20261301.5
20271101.2
20281199.2
20291184.8
No planned project is past its listed year

Willacy County against its neighbors

Cameron County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 2.3 GW, more than Willacy County. 2 of the 3 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Cameron County 4
2,287
1,551
7,307 1.5x
Willacy County this page 2
286
1,445
787 0.2x
Hidalgo County 0
0
3,427
4,909 0x
Kenedy County 0
0
1,075
1,311 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.

4 counties shown

What changed since June 4, 2026

4 projects in Willacy 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
3
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 441.5 MW
1
slipped its in-service date, 301.5 MW

Every change in Willacy County

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

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

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 12 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Willacy County, TXStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 12 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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