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Minnesota interconnection queue

102 interconnection applications are pending in Minnesota, requesting 18.6 GW of new generating capacity across 24 counties, as of 15 August 2026. That places Minnesota #25 of 47 states by capacity queued.

Pending applications
102
of 296 ever filed
Capacity queued
18.6 GW
requested, not committed
Already built
3.4 GW
30 connected
Built vs decided
15.5%
164 withdrawn
Counties in the queue
24
with five or more filings
Large load requested
none recorded
0 requests

Source: the interconnection queues of every transmission provider operating in Minnesota. Parsed and normalised by Watt Street. Data as of 15 August 2026.

Which queues serve Minnesota

Queue or utilityApplicationsCapacity pending
MISO28418.6 GW
SPP526 MW
WAPA-IS70 MW

What is waiting in Minnesota, by fuel

FuelProjectsCapacity requested
Solar6612.5 GW
Wind193.9 GW
Hybrid71.2 GW
Unknown71.0 GW
Gas261 MW
Hydro13 MW

Counties with the most capacity queued

CountyPendingCapacity queuedAlready built
Redwood County61.5 GW0 MW
Goodhue County51.1 GW0 MW
Olmsted County61.1 GW200 MW
Mower County51.0 GW300 MW
Lyon County4935 MW20 MW
Clay County3920 MW11 MW
Dakota County6888 MW4 MW
Murray County4730 MW170 MW
Cottonwood County3700 MW0 MW
Benton County4699 MW200 MW
Chisago County4550 MW0 MW
Wabasha County3500 MW0 MW
Yellow Medicine County3368 MW0 MW
Otter Tail County2360 MW0 MW
Freeborn County2350 MW0 MW
Jackson County2350 MW0 MW
Renville County2325 MW0 MW
Rock County2302 MW280 MW
Nobles County1200 MW200 MW
Polk County1150 MW0 MW
Sherburne County3142 MW200 MW
Faribault County00 MW450 MW
Lincoln County00 MW110 MW
Pipestone County00 MW125 MW

Data centre campuses recorded in Minnesota

CampusOperatorReported demand
Meta RosemountMeta178 MW

A campus is tagged as a data centre by our classification, not by the operator’s own statement. 44 of the 72 campuses we hold carry coordinates, so only those can be mapped.

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