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Cheyenne, Wyoming hosts significant data center operations and serves as a regional hub for computing infrastructure in the Mountain West, though it remains secondary to Texas as a data center location.
June 21, 2026
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Cost-Causation Is Here. Generation-First Siting Wins the 226 GW Queue.
Risk: developers betting on ERCOT interconnection alone now carry transmission-cost exposure they didn't price, and Crusoe's paused 1.8 GW Cheyenne project shows even pre-solved power deals can stall.
June 1, 2026
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Tax Abatements Lose the Room. Power, Water, and Cost Causation Take Over.
Microsoft's Wyoming expansion (3,200 acres in Laramie County, plus two Cheyenne site applications) ran into the question developers can't dodge: what happens to cooling water after it picks up chemicals and salts?
May 5, 2026
Seven Hyperscalers Sign On: Self-Funded Power Is the New Permit PriceCheyenne organizer Heather Madrid's petition seeks 7,000 signatures against a backdrop of up to 70 Laramie County projects, with Councilman Larry Wolfe acknowledging the term "data center"
April 15, 2026
Build Your Own Power Plant or Lose Your Place in LineMicrosoft is acquiring 3,200 acres in Cheyenne, Wyoming, nearly quintupling its local footprint alongside 11 operational data centers and three under construction.
April 4, 2026
Developers Who Own Their Power Are Writing the New Site Selection RulesMeta cited Wyoming's cooler climate as reducing cooling requirements when selecting Cheyenne for Project Cosmo.
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