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.
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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?
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