Jefferson County, Wisconsin
Jefferson County, Wisconsin has 25 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 19 operating plants totaling 759.8 MW and 6 planned projects totaling 653 MW. No data center record lists the county. Solar leads with 741.3 MW across 11 projects. 2 planned projects are past their listed in-service date.
Jefferson County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 4 of its 5 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 county's operating generation is in the queue as new capacity: 653 MW planned across 6 projects against 759.8 MW operating, 2 of the planned projects already late.
Technology mix
25 projects, 1.4 GW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
19 plants operate inside Jefferson County, 759.8 MW. The queue adds 653 MW across 6 projects, and 2 of them are past their listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Jefferson County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar | Operating | 5 | 88.3 |
| Solar | Planned | 6 | 653 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 6 | 665.1 |
| Landfill Gas | Operating | 8 | 6.4 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 149 |
| 2023 | 1 | 75 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 2027 | 1 | 149 |
| 2028 | 3 | 280 |
Jefferson County against its neighbors
Rock County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 800 MW. 4 of the 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock County | 1 | 1,228 | 0.44x | ||
| Dodge County | 2 | 175 | 0.59x | ||
| Dane County | 1 | 2,614 | 0x | ||
| Jefferson County this page | 0 | 653 | 0x | ||
| Walworth County | 0 | 1,948 | 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.
5 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
3 projects in Jefferson County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Jefferson County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 3 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 Jefferson County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 25 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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