The open database of behind-the-meter data center power

Reported pipeline · dated inventory
~143.3 GW
Documented equipment
1.10 GW

Track the power equipment, permits and dated evidence behind data centers. See what each record establishes, and what remains unknown.

Dataset exported 2026-10-28. Check source coverage. Equipment totals are not a live measure of generation. The pipeline and documented sample have different coverage and dates; their ratio is not a market completion rate.
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The announcement pipeline · separate evidence class

What the 143.3 GW of announcements actually contains

A third-party inventory of proposed behind-the-meter gas plants—not BTW-verified operating capacity. We publish it as a comparison layer so the gap is inspectable rather than rhetorical.

Third-party reported
Projects7470 disclose capacity
Reported pipeline143.3 GWknown capacities only
Proposed70137.7 reported GW
Under construction45.6 reported GW

Where the reported pipeline concentrates

TX
63.2 GW
WV
15.5 GW
OH
14 GW
PA
13.7 GW
UT
13 GW
WY
7 GW
How to read this

Reported means a source lists a project and capacity. It does not mean financed, permitted, built, or operating.

Capacity bases differ by disclosure, and 4 projects have no published capacity. The total must not be added to the verified fleet.

Open EIP source inventory ↗
Inventory as of 2026-04-30 · imported into BTW with row-level source linkage
Inspect the 12 largest reported projects
ProjectStateStatusExpectedTechnologyReported MW
Fermi America Project MatadorTXProposedQ2 2027Combined Cycle11,280
Portsmouth Powered Land ProjectOHProposedUnknownUnknown9,200
Stratos Project/Wonder ValleyUTProposed2036Unknown9,000
Monarch Compute Campus Power PlantWVProposed2031Internal Combustion Engine; Unknown8,160
GW Ranch Energy CenterTXProposedQ2 2027Simple Cycle7,650
Nexus Data Center Hubbard Power PlantTXProposed2027Internal Combustion Engine, Simple Cycle, Combined Cycle7,227
Texas Power Generation Hub (Nextera-Comstock Power Station)TXProposed2028/2029/2031/2032Combined Cycle, Simple Cycle5,200
Chevron AI Data Center ProjectTXProposed2027Unknown5,000
FO Permian Partners Data Center ComplexTXProposed2026Unknown5,000
Homer City Generating StationPAUnder Construction2029Simple Cycle, Combined Cycle4,678
Shippingport Power Station (Formerly Bruce Mansfield Power Plant)PAProposed2028Simple Cycle, Steam Turbine3,641
Tenaska Gas Power PlantNEProposed2029Combined Cycle3,000
Published evidence and reviews

What changed, with the source

Document events use the document date. A record review is dated when BTW checked the source and describes only the scope reviewed.

The build map

Where the documented facilities are

Every dot is a published operating facility. Position and capacity come from the same permit and evidence trail as the fleet table.

Published facility locations
Click a dot to see the project — documented capacity and the sources behind it.

Projects under research do not appear here until their coordinates, capacity and status have passed review.

Documented fleet · limited coverage

The equipment behind the record

3 published facilities. MW describe the equipment cohorts supported by the linked records. Permit ratings and historical observations do not establish current delivered power or complete site capacity.

FacilityDocumented MWEquipmentPublished permitsLatest record reviewSources
Crusoe Stargate Abilene
Taylor, TX · Crusoe / Lancium
360.5
5× GE Vernova LM2500
permitted · source asserted
5× Titan 350
permitted · source asserted
TCEQ O4721
issued
TCEQ 177263
issued
Oct 27, 2026
xAI Colossus 1
Shelby, TN · xAI / MZX Tech
247.5
15× Solar Turbines SMT-130
reported · corroborated
Shelby County Health Department 01156-01PC
issued; under appeal
Oct 27, 2026
xAI Colossus 2
DeSoto, MS · xAI
495
27× model not published
observed · source asserted
MDEQ 0680-00119
issued
Oct 27, 2026
Open data portalDownload CSVJSON + sourcesAll filesGitHubCite as: Behind the Watt, behindthewatt.com, CC BY 4.0
Time-to-power

Dates need their own evidence

A permit date, a campus opening and the first delivery from a particular power plant are different milestones. We publish an interval only when both endpoint fields carry receipts.

Crusoe Stargate Abilene TX
Dates under verification
xAI Colossus 1 TN
Dates under verification
xAI Colossus 2 MS
Dates under verification

Legacy dates remain available in the dataset for traceability. Missing endpoint receipts keep them out of this calculation.

The open cost model

What does a megawatt-hour really cost behind the meter?

Fuel by heat rate, capex annualized over 15 years at 10%, O&M — against your grid tariff, and against the value of connecting earlier. Use illustrative scenarios or set your own assumptions.

1,600
9,500
4.00
10
90
65
20
20
20

All presets are illustrative assumptions, not measured facility economics or live market prices. The Abilene permit provides equipment context; it does not establish every slider value. Gas and grid inputs can be checked against EIA gas data and state industrial averages. Earlier-operation value uses revenue × your incremental contribution margin. Include all costs other than the separately modeled power premium in that margin to avoid double counting. Results exclude discounting, taxes and any costs you have not included.

FuelCapexO&MGrid tariff
Behind the meter$75/MWh (38 fuel + 27 capex + 10 O&M)
Grid$65/MWh
BTM premium
+$9.7/MWh
10-yr power premium, per MW
$0.76M
Earlier contribution, per MW
$6.67M
Default illustrative assumptions: $74.7/MWh generation cost. Adjust the inputs to compare your scenario.
Who reads this

Built for people who underwrite reality

Investors

Inspect the named developers, offtakers and equipment in published records. Missing participants remain unknown.

GEV · BE · WMB · ET · CAT · SEI

Suppliers

Follow equipment and permit changes in your target projects. A filing can identify participants; it does not establish that a supply contract is still available.

OEM sales · midstream · EPC

Developers & lenders

Inspect source documents, compare documented equipment and explore power-cost assumptions. Exact operating dates and project economics require their own evidence.

infra funds · private credit · insurers

Journalists & researchers

Numbers you can print, with the government document one click away on every row. CC BY 4.0 — quote freely, chart freely, just credit the source.

newsrooms · academics · policy analysts
Methodology

Show your work

Every row links to the government document it came from. Here's the pipeline — and what a source actually looks like.

Check the permit trailState air and siting registries — TCEQ, Ohio PSB, MDEQ, Shelby County, EPA, FERC — have scheduled checks for new filings, modifications, and approvals. Failed or overdue checks are shown below.
Extract the machine recordPermits name what press releases don't: turbine OEM and model, unit counts, rated MW, permitted hours, emissions class.
Verify actual operationGrid-tie records, gas flows, satellite imagery, and court filings separate "operating" from "announced." Equipment ratings, permitted capacity and observed operation remain separate claims. A gas nomination or a satellite image alone does not measure delivered electricity.
Publish with the receiptEvery row carries its source document. Disagree with a number? The primary source is one click away.
TCEQ · Electric Generating Unit Standard Permit · Technical Review
Registration No. 177263 · Company: Abilene DC 1, LLC dba Crusoe Energy Systems
"…reduce the count of GE LM2500 simple-cycle turbines from six to five, reduce the site-rated power to 34.1 MW per turbine, and increase the annual hours of operation from 5,880 to 8,760 hours per turbine…"
One paragraph of one filing: equipment, capacity, and utilization the developer never announced. This is why we read permits.

Source coverage · exported 2026-10-28

A successful source sweep is a retrieval check, not a new verification of every facility fact. Registry snapshots and complete permit documents have different coverage.

SourceLast successful sweepCollector state at site build
courtlistener-partiesOct 27, 2026Overdue / unavailable
eia-860mOct 27, 2026Within source interval
epa-echo-complianceOct 27, 2026Overdue / unavailable
ferc-elibraryOct 27, 2026Overdue / unavailable
gas-nominationsOct 27, 2026Overdue / unavailable
gdelt-newsOct 27, 2026Overdue / unavailable
iw-sentinelOct 27, 2026Overdue / unavailable
mdeq-ensearchOct 27, 2026Overdue / unavailable
ohio-epa-airOct 27, 2026Overdue / unavailable
opsb-dockets

Two named docket filing lists via the official anonymous browser search and View All. Every docket is checked against its advertised document count. Shared documents are deduplicated; collection is discovery, not review or proof of operation. Partial or blocked access never advances the successful-sweep timestamp.

Oct 28, 2026Within source interval
shelby-health-airOct 27, 2026Overdue / unavailable
tceq-nsr-psd

Retired legacy endpoint; replacement is registry-status discovery, not equivalent to the old pending-PSD project window.

Oct 16, 2026Retired · replacement noted below
tceq-nsr-stdpmt

Retired legacy endpoint; replaced by keyword-matched AIRNSR registry discovery at tceq-permit-portal. Historical candidates retained.

Oct 16, 2026Retired · replacement noted below
tceq-permit-portal

Keyword-matched AIRNSR registry snapshots for data center and Fermi searches; all returned pages. Includes applications and issued records. Not every Texas project, permit document or operating measurement.

Oct 27, 2026Overdue / unavailable
TCEQOhio Power Siting BoardMDEQShelby County Health DeptEPAFERCEIAFederal courts
Why is this free?

You already paid for this data

Every number on this site comes from public records — air permits, siting dockets, court filings. Your taxes funded their creation. The data was just scattered across fifty agencies in formats nobody could read.

We collect it, verify it, and structure it. The dataset is free to download and always will be — CSV, JSON, API, no signup wall. Use it in your research, your models, your reporting. All we ask is attribution.

One day we may build paid services on top. The underlying data stays open. That's the deal, in writing.

Definitions

Words mean things here

OperatingFirst verified megawatt delivered to compute load. Announcements, ribbon cuttings, and "energized" press releases don't qualify.
PermittedAir or siting permit issued — not applied for, not "expected." Appeals and violations are flagged, not hidden.
Behind the meterGeneration serving on-site load without passing through a utility meter. Utility-built single-customer plants are tracked separately.
Time to powerMonths from first air-permit filing to first verified megawatt. Negative when operation preceded the permit.

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