Wyoming: data centers & your electric bill
As of October 1, 2026, AI GridWatch tracks 1 data center moratorium or pushback action in Wyoming: none in force, 1 expired, rejected or rescinded. The state has 18 tracked data center facilities using an estimated 0.5 TWh of electricity a year.
Everything GridWatch tracks in Wyoming on one page — proposed projects, moratoriums, permits, officials, and the 2026 ballot.
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As of July 2026 (3m ago) · changes over months · Source: U.S. Data Center Power Map by State — ElectricChoice.com compilation (updated July 2026; CC-BY 4.0). Underlying load research: LBNL 2024 US Data Center Energy Usage Report; rates: EIA
Facility counts vary by directory because each one draws the boundary differently — DataCenterMap lists 44 in Alabama where this table says 35, since it counts small network rooms alongside hyperscale campuses. Cite the TWh figure rather than the facility count when you can; it is the number that speaks to grid impact. Underlying load research is LBNL-2001637 (Dec 2024).
1Proposed data centers in Wyoming (3)
2 still live · 1 decided or withdrawn. Each name links to the full dossier — ownership, intelligence log, and where to read the paper trail.
| Project | Where | Size | Behind it | Stage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site Layer 4 Data Center Campus | Wheatland (Platte County) | 5,344 ac | Site Layer 4 | Awaiting decision | Source read 2026-08-14 |
| Meta Cheyenne | Cheyenne | 152 MW | Meta | In review | Source read 2026-08-14 |
| Microsoft Cheyenne Expansion | Cheyenne | 3,200 ac | Microsoft | Source |
2Pushback already happening in Wyoming
| Where | Level | Status | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheyenne | Local | Rejectedterm not documented | 12-month proposal voted down 8–1 after 3.5 hours of public comment | SourceNews read 2026-08-04 |
As of August 2026 (2m ago) · changes weekly — re-check before citing
Illustrative rather than exhaustive — dozens of localities churn weekly, and this tracks the ones we have read a source for. **Each row carries its own provenance.** Rows showing a verification date link to the ordinance, the enacting body's own page, or a datable report of the vote, and were read on that date. Rows marked *unverified* came from bulk compilation and have not been checked against a primary source — the locality, the year, and the status may all be off. Verify one of those with the town clerk before citing it as precedent. **Expiry is derived, not asserted.** A row with a documented end date flips to *Expired* on its own once that date passes. A time-limited moratorium whose start date was never documented keeps showing as enacted — that is a known gap, not a claim that it is still in force. Moratoriums are also routinely extended, so an expiry date is the earliest it could have ended, not proof that it did.
3Known data center campuses in Wyoming
| Operator | Location | Tenant | Filing LLC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta | Cheyenne | Meta | Codename shells: Greater Kudu, Raven Northbrook, Stadion, Wobniar, Pinnacle Mountain |
| Microsoft | Cheyenne | Microsoft | Project-name / generic 'Holdings LLC'; less consistently codenamed |
⏳ No verification date recorded · changes over months · Source: Operator ownership & filing-LLC naming patterns — compiled from operator releases and county filings, then checked against SEC EDGAR full-text search. Composite, not a single citation: look the entity up yourself before naming it in a filing
Each row carries its own attribution level — first-party rows come from the operator's own site, but colocation and REIT ownership was compiled from trade press and never passed an independent fact-check. Check the attribution column before citing a row.
4Every data center already built in Wyoming
The campuses above are the ones GridWatch tracks by operator and filing LLC. For the full inventory — street addresses of every existing facility, including the smaller colocation and network sites — DataCenterMap keeps a public directory for Wyoming.
Browse the Wyoming directory →
Two caveats before you cite it at a hearing: it lists facilities that already exist, so a newly proposed campus will not appear; and it counts a small network room the same as a hyperscale campus, so the facility count is not a measure of power draw or community impact.
5Case studies
Cheyenne, WY — Council rejected a pause with a 3,200-acre expansion already moving
Microsoft announced a 3,200-acre expansion of its Cheyenne campus in April 2026, and Wyoming DEQ approved permits for 30 gas-fired engines plus emergency generators. On May 27, 2026 the city council voted 8–1 against a 12-month moratorium after three and a half hours of public comment — supporters raising water and noise, opponents raising jobs and tax base. The ratepayer question is being handled through Black Hills Energy's Large Power Contract Service tariff, under which Microsoft pays directly for the infrastructure it needs, rather than through anything the city negotiated. No community benefit agreement appears in the reporting.
6Your regulator
Wyoming Public Service Commission — website · file a complaint
Official state energy data: EIA Wyoming electricity profile — generation, prices, and consumption from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
7Where the Wyoming paper trail lives
Air & environmental permits: Wyoming DEQ — Air Quality Division
No searchable register. Wyoming does not publish a permit database you can query. A public-records request to the agency is the only route to the file.
Grid interconnection queue: Southwest Power Pool (Plains)
A routing hint only — several states are split between markets, and the serving utility is the only authority on which queue a given site is in.
These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records.
8Platte County — Board of County Commissioners
Meets: 1st and 3rd Tuesday 9:00 a.m., Courthouse basement · Courthouse, Wheatland, WY
Public comment: Written comments to planner@plattecountywyoming.com. Attend P&Z or Commissioners hearing in person.
Source: https://www.plattecountywyoming.com/departments/Commissioner · as of 2026-08-18
9Your federal delegation and governor
Grades cross party — this is an issue axis, not a partisan one. A blank grade means no documented action was located, never that the official is neutral.
| Grade | Official | Documented action (sourced) | Reach them |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Mark Gordon Republican · Governor | No documented action on data centers located | site · contact |
| — | Cynthia M. Lummis Republican · Senator · on the 2026 ballot | No documented action on data centers located Accelerate Introduced the POWER Up Act giving FERC jurisdiction over interconnection of 100 MW-plus loads such as data centers to the interstate grid while preserving state authority over siting and retail rates, and wrote that Wyoming baseload energy should power America's AI. sources | site · contact |
| — | John Barrasso Republican · Senator · next on the ballot 2030 | No documented action on data centers located Mixed Backs faster data-center construction powered by coal and other Wyoming energy, while saying data centers on federal land deserve meaningful state, local and public input. sources | site · contact |
| — | Harriet M. Hageman Republican · Representative At-Large | No documented action on data centers located | site · contact |
Roster: regenerated by scripts/refresh_officials.py (Senate XML + congress-legislators + current governors).
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102026 U.S. Senate race
PVI R+23 · Seat held by Cynthia Lummis (Republican) · Incumbent retiring
Harriet Hageman (Republican) No record found
No documented statement or action on data centers located. Not scored — see how this page treats silence.
Tech & utility PAC money: $10,500 from 3 committees (FEC, cycle 2026, pulled 2026-08-26) — FEC record
James W. Byrd (Democratic) No record found
No documented statement or action on data centers located. Not scored — see how this page treats silence.
Ballot roster: state candidate list (read 2026-08-25).
112026 U.S. House races in Wyoming (1)
A documented data-center record exists in 1 of 1 districts. A candidate with no badge colour has said nothing we could locate — that is a gap in the record, not a neutral position. ★ marks an incumbent.
| District | PVI | Incumbent | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|
| WY-AL | R+23 | Harriet Hageman | Chuck Gray Lisa Kinney Shawn Johnson |
The documented records (1 district)
WY-AL
Chuck Gray (Republican) Guardrails
Campaigned on stopping data centers; ran ads calling for a federal ban; won GOP primary on anti-DC platform
- At Sheridan forum stated 'I'm the only candidate on stage that has been talking about these data AI data centers and expressed my opposition'; ran ads promising to 'stop data centers' and calling for a federal ban; said 'If Silicon Valley wants to build their liberal empire, they can do it somewhere else' (2026-08-05 — source)
Record read 2026-09-12.
12Latest Wyoming data center news
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