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Rock County, Wisconsin

Rock County, Wisconsin has 800 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 1.8 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 1.2 GW of planned generation across 12 projects, 8 of them past their listed in-service date.

Data as of Grid region: Midcontinent ISO (MISO)Refreshed monthly
800MW
data centers, planned to operating
1
data center records, not cancelled
17.3%
of Wisconsin's data center MW
1.8GW
operating generation, 19 projects
1.2GW
planned generation, 12 projects
1
data center developers active here
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Rock County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 4 of its 4 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Rock 800 MW Dane 1.3 MW Green no data centers Walworth no data centers Jefferson 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
44%

of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 800 MW of data centers against 1.8 GW of plants, with 1.2 GW more planned.

Data centers, planned to operating800 MW
Operating generation1.8 GW
Planned generation1.2 GW

Data centers by status

1 record, 800 MW

Planned800 MW1 record, 100%
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The data center pipeline

None of the 1 record lists a year online or expected, so the pipeline is shown by developer only.

Figure 1

Who is building in Rock

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

Viridian Acquisitions LLC 800 MW 1 site
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DeveloperSitesMW
Viridian Acquisitions LLC1800
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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

19 plants operate inside Rock County, 1.8 GW. The queue adds 1.2 GW across 12 projects, and 8 of them are past their listed in-service date.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Rock County

OperatingPlanned
Natural GasOperating 1.4 GW 8 projects
Natural GasPlanned 335 MW 3 projects
SolarOperating 425.2 MW 8 projects
SolarPlanned 735.1 MW 6 projects
Battery StoragePlanned 100 MW 1 project
TransmissionPlanned 58 MW 2 projects
Landfill GasOperating 3 MW 3 projects
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
Natural GasOperating81,401.1
Natural GasPlanned3335
SolarOperating8425.2
SolarPlanned6735.1
Battery StoragePlanned1100
TransmissionPlanned258
Landfill GasOperating33
Operating: 1.8 GW. Planned: 1.2 GW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 3.1 GW against 800 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 30 2019 2020 2021 325 2022 98 2023 2024 299 2025 305 2026 100 2027 2028 2029 72 2030
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YearPlanned projectsMW
2019130
202000
202100
20223325
2023298
202400
20252298.6
20262305
20271100
202800
202900
2030171.5
8 projects, 751.6 MW, were due before 2026

Rock County against its neighbors

Dane County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 1.3 MW, 0% of Rock County's. 3 of the 4 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Rock County this page 1
800
1,829
1,228 0.44x
Dane County 1
1
1,172
2,614 0x
Jefferson County 0
0
760
653 0x
Walworth County 0
0
26
1,948 0x
Green County 0
0
0
335 no operating MW

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

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

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2
added to a queue, 58 MW
0
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 0 MW
0
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 0 MW
0
slipped their in-service date, 0 MW

Every change in Rock County

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 2 changes.

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County: Rock County, WISince June 4, 2026 2 changes
ProjectChangeTechnologyMWPrevious dateNew date
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Every record in Rock County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 32 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Rock County, WIStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 32 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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