1+ hour, 44+ min ago   (1359+ words) Wyoming is courting massive AI data center projects, but so far none have been proposed for the state's 30 million acres of public lands. But a fight in Nevada is raising questions about building data centers on public lands. Plans to…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1132+ words) A small data center is taking shape in Fremont County, but officials there say they don't know much about the project and aren't sure just how much regulatory power they'll have. Fremont has some of Wyoming’s most permissive zoning laws....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1773+ words) Dozens of residents packed the meeting room and hallway at a meeting of the Platte County Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday night, their voices often rising as they shared their concerns about a massive data center project. The meeting…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (766+ words) Park County commissioners say geography and other factors mean data centers aren't imminent, but they want to have regulations in place if or when the industry does arrive. Meanwhile, Park residents are telling them they are "100% no" on data centers....

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (995+ words) A few dozen Wyoming residents gathered at the State Capitol on Saturday as part of a national day of protest against data centers. Organizer Taylor Haynes called data centers "digital prisons" and said the need for artificial intelligence has taken…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (1430+ words) Opponents of Prometheus Hyerpscale’s massive data center near Evanston are challenging permits and zoning for the project due to fears about water, energy, and land use. Supporters say the project is a rare lifeline for Uinta County’s struggling economy. A…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (782+ words) Columnist Rod Miller writes, "Some Luddites are planning a nationwide demonstration against data centers. Imagine what Wyoming would be like today if, back in the 1970s, we banned coal mines. We'd be eating prairie dogs and paying state income tax." Ed…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1787+ words) Why can a project as massive as Microsoft’s planned 3,500-acre expansion avoid Wyoming’s Industrial Siting Council while wind farms and other major industrial facilities usually cannot? It’s not a loophole or a data-center-specific workaround. It's state law. The short answer…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1073+ words) As Wyoming watches up to 70% of its young adults leave by age 30, a Cheyenne native’s path at Microsoft shows how data center jobs could help reverse the state’s biggest export — it’s own people. He returned home a decade ago and…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (858+ words) Cheyenne LEADS CEO Betsey Hale writes, "Wyoming loses too many of its young people. They graduate, find a career elsewhere, and leave. Data centers, done right, are a chance to change that. A chance to build an economy where our…...