Data centers and new power in Dakota County, MN
888 MW of new power is waiting to connect to the grid in Dakota County, MN — 6 active requests. Typical wait: 3.3 years. 1 projects are built, 5 withdrawn. Data as of 14 October 2026.
How far is it from your house?
Meta Rosemount, run by Meta, is in Dakota County and uses about as much electricity as 142,000 homes.
33 public schools are within 5 miles of it, 4 within one mile. Counted from the facility, not from any home. School list: US Department of Education.
What is happening with electricity in Dakota County
Every new power plant, battery or big customer has to join a waiting list before it can plug into the grid. This is what that list looks like in Dakota County right now.
Where every request ever filed here ended up
Most requests in the US are withdrawn — a developer tests a site and moves on. That is normal, not a warning sign for Dakota County.
What kind of power is asking to connect
By capacity requested. Data as of 14 October 2026.
All the numbers
12 requests ever filed
Source: interconnection queues published by MISO. Parsed and normalised by Watt Street. Data as of 14 October 2026. A queued project is a request, not a commitment.
Outcome of every request filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 1 | 4 MW | 8.3% |
| Still waiting | 6 | 888 MW | 50.0% |
| Withdrawn | 5 | 867 MW | 41.7% |
| Paused | 0 | — | 0.0% |
Waiting to connect, by type of power
| Type | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Solar | 5 | 885 MW |
| Hydro | 1 | 3 MW |
Key dates for projects here
1 dated · next closes 2027-09-10 (MISO)
| Queue | What closes | Closes | Standing |
|---|---|---|---|
| MISO | MISO DPP-2026 Definitive Planning Phase application deadline Attachment X of the tariff and BPM-015. | 2027-09-10 | confirmed source |
| FERC | FERC large-load show cause — stakeholder comments on RTO responses Comments on the six RTO/ISO responses to the FPA section 206 show-cause orders of 18 June 2026 (PJM EL26-67, SPP EL26-68, NYISO EL26-69, MISO EL26-70… | No date published yet | unconfirmed source |
| FERC | FERC RM26-4 — generic large-load rulemaking Still at ANOPR stage. | No date published yet | confirmed source |
| FERC | Georgia PSC - Georgia Power must file large-load contracts 30 days before execution A standing obligation rather than a dated one: large-load contracts must be filed with the commission at least 30 days before they are executed. | No date published yet | confirmed source |
A date marked confirmed was checked by a person against the authority's own tariff, order or form page. Anything else is listed so you know it exists, with a link so you can check it yourself. Full calendar.
The biggest projects on file
top 12 by size
| Project | Type | Capacity | Status | Filed | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAMPTON 345 KV | Solar | 300 MW | active | 2022-09 | MISO |
| Rosemount - Nininger 115kV Line | Natural gas | 220 MW | withdrawn | 2017-06 | MISO |
| Hampton Corners 345 kV Substation | Solar | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2018-03 | MISO |
| Nininger 115 kV | Solar | 200 MW | active | 2025-09 | MISO |
| Rosemount - Nininger (GRE) 115 kV line | Solar | 197 MW | withdrawn | 2022-09 | MISO |
| CHUB LAKE - 304JB21/22 - HAMPTON - 8S50/51 345.0kV | Solar | 150 MW | active | 2025-07 | MISO |
| Hampton 345kV | Solar | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2022-09 | MISO |
| Chub Lake 115 kV | Solar | 135 MW | active | 2024-04 | MISO |
| West Hastings 115kV Substation | Solar | 100 MW | withdrawn | 2019-04 | MISO |
| GRE-NININGR7 115 kV | Solar | 100 MW | active | 2022-09 | MISO |
| Cannon Falls Transmission 69 kV | Hydro | 4 MW | completed | 2022-09 | MISO |
| CANNON FALLS TRANSM. | Hydro | 3 MW | active | 2022-09 | MISO |
How Dakota County compares
#425 in the US · #7 in MN
Dakota County ranks #425 of 1,607 US counties by power waiting to connect, and #7 of 24 in Minnesota.
| County | Waiting | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Redwood County | 6 | 1.5 GW |
| Goodhue County | 5 | 1.1 GW |
| Olmsted County | 6 | 1.1 GW |
| Mower County | 5 | 1.0 GW |
| Lyon County | 4 | 935 MW |
| Clay County | 3 | 920 MW |
| Murray County | 4 | 730 MW |
| Cottonwood County | 3 | 700 MW |
Common questions about power in Dakota County
How long does it take to get power for a data center in Dakota County, MN?
The median wait for a project still in the interconnection queue in Dakota County is 3.3 years. Across the US, most large loads are quoted three to seven years depending on the market and whether network upgrades are needed. 1 projects in Dakota County have reached energization and 5 were withdrawn, so the withdrawal rate here is a better guide to risk than any single quoted timeline.
How much capacity is available in Dakota County, MN?
888 MW is currently requested across 6 active interconnection requests, and 4 MW has actually been built. A queued megawatt is a request, not deliverable capacity — most queued projects are never built. For deliverable offtake capacity at a specific substation you need a utility study, not a queue.
Is Dakota County, MN a good site for a data center?
This page gives you the power half of that answer: what is queued, what has been energized, how long the wait runs, and which large load interconnection requests are already recorded nearby. The other half — the state policy position, moratoriums and large load tariffs — is on our Minnesota policy page.
Where does the data on this page come from?
The interconnection queue published by the transmission providers serving Dakota County — MISO — parsed and normalised by Watt Street. Every figure carries the date it was true. Data as of 14 October 2026.
Go deeper on Dakota County
The interactive map plots every one of these applications, and a generated county report puts them in a sourced PDF with the date each figure was true on every page.
Open Dakota County on the map County reports All of Minnesota