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Laramie County, Wyoming is located approximately 100 miles north of the Colorado-Wyoming border and outside the primary Texas datacenter infrastructure region.
June 14, 2026
Five Mandates, One Deadline: Abbott Hands PUCT the 2027 BlueprintProject Jade in Laramie County lost anchor tenant Crusoe but Tallgrass is still building 2.7 GW of on-site natural gas generation under a bring-your-own-power model, with Black Hills Corp. having already put $200 million into the substation and construction underway.
June 1, 2026
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 7, 2026
Medina County Told Microsoft No. Here's the Playbook It Used.Crusoe Energy secured Laramie County, Wyoming approval for a 1.8GW campus with 10GW eventual scale, backed by Tallgrass's $7 billion, 2.7GW gas-fired power hub.
March 31, 2026
Texas's $25M Queue Fee Separates Serious Developers From Everyone ElseWyoming greenlit Crusoe Energy's 1.8 GW initial phase (expandable to 10 GW) in Laramie County, and the state convenes a closed-door Jackson summit April 1-2 to pitch hyperscalers on its tax-free, cold-climate, nuclear-backed advantages.
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