Wyoming Data Center News

Jul 14, 2026

CleanSpark secures tenant with 20-year lease for data center in Sandersville, Georgia

CleanSpark has announced a 20-year lease for its Sandersville, Georgia data center with an unnamed global technology company, marking a monetization milestone for its digital infrastructure portfolio.

The lease covers 175MW of IT capacity at the Georgia site and includes two five-year extension options; CleanSpark expects $6.6 billion in contracted revenue over the initial term.
CleanSpark also signed a letter of intent covering its Texas portfolio of 718 acres and 885MW of secured and planned capacity, including the Sealy and Bazoria campuses; the company said the customer will deploy production-grade infrastructure for a range of computing workloads.

Jul 14, 2026

Google is customer behind 2.7GW data center campus near Cheyenne, Wyoming

Google has revealed itself as the company behind the Project Jade data center campus near Cheyenne, Wyoming, and the project has been renamed Project Tembo.

The campus is planned on a 716-acre parcel eight miles south of Cheyenne in the Switchgrass Industrial Park and is described as a 2.7GW data center development.
The application says four data halls, an office hub, logistics and network buildings are planned, with construction slated to be completed by 2031; the site was previously associated with Crusoe, which said in June it had paused work at the request of its customer.
Google’s subsidiary Jupiter Star Holdings, LLC is now listed as the developer, while Tallgrass Energy said it was still building a bring-your-own power generation hub and Google’s application says it will also use energy resources from Black Hills Energy.
The article also notes other large Cheyenne projects from Microsoft, Meta, and Related Digital/CoreWeave for local context.

Jul 1, 2026

Blue Energy, GE Vernova Advance ‘Gas Bridge’ Model to Unlock Nuclear Finance

Blue Energy and GE Vernova announced a collaborative 2.5-GW gas-plus-nuclear project planned for the Port of Victoria, Texas, and Blue Energy previously signed a strategic partnership with Crusoe to supply nuclear-powered baseload to Crusoe’s AI data center campus.

Main announcement: Blue Energy and GE Vernova announced a 2.5-GW collaboration (May 2026) to develop what they describe as the world’s first gas-plus-nuclear power plant at the Port of Victoria, Texas; the agreement includes a slot reservation for two GE 7HA.02 gas turbines (2029 delivery) expected to provide ~1 GW of power by 2030, with up to five BWRX-300 SMRs supporting about 1.5 GW of nuclear generation as early as 2032. The project is subject to a final investment decision in 2027 and Blue Energy plans to apply for an NRC construction permit in 2027.
Background & financing details: Blue Energy (founded 2023, emerged from MIT) exited stealth with a $45 million Series A and says its modular prefabrication model could reduce costs from >$10,000/kW to ~$2,000/kW (target later stated) and cut build time from ~10 years to as low as 48 months for the gas-to-nuclear sequence; Blue Energy cites ~$100 million of prior site work on the Port of Victoria tract from Exelon, and GE Vernova brings large equipment and services backlogs (e.g., $87B services backlog, $76B equipment backlog) that factor into supply-chain scaling and timing.

Jun 10, 2026

Behind-the-meter data center gas plants will raise US energy bills

Energy Innovation authors Jeffrey Rissman and Eric Gimon argue that data centers building on-site natural-gas power plants will raise energy prices for U.S. households and businesses and that policymakers should require data centers to supply their own clean on-site electricity.

Main announcement/action: The authors call for a “bring your own clean energy” mandate so data centers do not rely on on-site natural-gas plants; they cite concrete capacity examples including a Richland Parish, LA facility using ~2.2 GW, a Cheyenne-area project with a 1.8 GW first phase designed to scale to 10 GW, and a BloombergNEF finding that ~100 GW of on-site gas capacity is planned for U.S. data centers. The piece urges that data centers instead deploy wind/solar + batteries and enhanced geothermal to provide firm, fuel-free power.
Background and supporting details: The article documents that combined-cycle gas turbines are back-ordered 5–7 years, forcing use of inefficient turbines that increase pollution (citing an xAI Clean Air Act lawsuit), and describes policy tools to implement the proposal including “permit-by-rule”, pre-authorized renewable zones (Texas CREZ, Nevada Solar Energy Zones, Arizona Renewable Energy Incentive Districts), and mentions state laws that streamline permitting (Michigan HB 5120, Illinois HB 4412). It also gives examples of companies already using clean on-site supply (Google: 1.6 GW wind+solar with 300 MW battery; Amazon: 1.2 GW solar + equal battery storage).

Jun 9, 2026

Hydrogen’s Hurdles, Fuel Cells’ Rise in Data Center Power

DataCenterKnowledge publishes a final installment reviewing less-mature or emerging alternatives to diesel generators for data center backup power, focusing on hydrogen backup, fuel cells, and renewable fuels.

Main coverage: The article assesses hydrogen engines and fuel cells and renewable diesel as diesel alternatives, noting concrete deployments and pilots: NorthC Datacenters ordered six Jenbacher hydrogen engines in the Netherlands (dual-gas for short hydrogen outages), Microsoft piloted a 3 MW hydrogen fuel cell in Latham, NY, and Bloom Energy signed a $5 billion strategic partnership with Brookfield to accelerate fuel cell capacity. It highlights the Dutch ~300 km national hydrogen network repurposed from natural gas pipelines and Microsoft’s prior 2030 diesel elimination pledge as context.
Background & policy details: The piece notes regulatory movement with the US EPA removing proposed hydrogen co-firing mandates from its NSPS (earlier draft had ramped to 96% by 2038), cites cost and infrastructure constraints for hydrogen (production, transport, storage, permitting), and points out that fuel cells running on natural gas/biogas are identified as the most likely near-term scalable solution for behind-the-meter AI power needs.

Jun 5, 2026

Top 10 countries by uranium production

DevelopmentAid published a comprehensive summary of global uranium production, reserves, prices and recent market developments, highlighting producers, price movements and large corporate PPAs and government funding for SMRs.

Main announcement/action: The article reports current production and reserve data (e.g., world recoverable resources 7.9 million tU, world production 60,213 tU in 2024, Kazakhstan 23,270 tU in 2024), recent price spikes to US$101.41/lb (Jan 2026) then back to ~US$85.50/lb (Feb 5, 2026), and major industry developments including Meta securing up to 6.6 GW of nuclear by 2035, Amazon signing a 1.9 GW PPA with Talen Energy, and DOE awarding US$400M each to TVA and Holtec for SMR projects.
Background and details: The article aggregates sources (World Nuclear Association, IEA, Investing News, World Nuclear News) and provides production method breakdown (conventional mining 44%, in-situ leach 52%, by-product 4%), national export/import patterns (e.g., Canada exports ~64% to the Americas), projected Kazakhstan output (27,000–29,000 tU by 2026), and cited timelines for corporate deals and government funding (PPAs through 2035, DOE SMR funding as reported in 2026).

Jun 2, 2026

Climate Change Solutions - June 2, 2026

EESI announced its new analysis of bipartisanship on climate and energy in the 119th Congress and is hosting its 29th annual Congressional Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency EXPO on June 24.

Main announcement: EESI released a new analysis of bipartisanship on environmental, energy, and climate bills (analysis covers January–March 2026) and is convening EXPO 2026 on June 24, 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., Rayburn House Office Building (Gold Room and Foyer) and online (reception 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.); event is free and open to the public with RSVP available.
Additional details / context: The newsletter summarizes congressional activity including the House Appropriations Committee advancing the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2027 (H.R.9022), multiple geothermal bills advanced by the House Committee on Natural Resources (e.g., Geo Act H.R.301, H.R.398, H.R.1077, H.R.1687, H.R.5617, H.R.5631, H.R.5638), introduction and markup of the BUILD America 250 Act (H.R.8870), and the Community Flood Resilience Act (H.R.9056) introduced by Reps. Andrew Garbarino and Gregory Meeks.

Jun 2, 2026

Daily briefing: Bad supervisors bump early-career researchers out of academia

A drug trial report shows that the experimental drug daraxonrasib nearly doubled median survival in people with advanced pancreatic cancer.

Main announcement: daraxonrasib targets all three RAS proteins and in a trial of 500 people with advanced pancreatic cancer patients who received the drug lived 13.2 months versus 6.7 months for chemotherapy; results reported in the New England Journal of Medicine (DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2605555).
Background and other details: The Nature Briefing compiles other verifiable items in the issue, including a federal judge blocking the Trump administration’s move to transfer NCAR’s supercomputing centre in Wyoming (ruling calls the action “capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law”), concerns about AI in social sciences, warnings on Ebola preparedness by Kevin Ariën, and conservation work at Kew/Millennium Seed Bank (29 seeds collected, 8 germinated).

Jun 1, 2026 · Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

Targeted Pressure: How Chinese Manufacturing Competition Impacts US States

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) has published a report finding Chinese industrial policy is reshaping global manufacturing and harming industries across every U.S. state.

Main finding & method: The ITIF report (June 1, 2026) analyzes one “national power industry” per state using County Business Patterns employment data, HS/SITC export proxies, and global market-share series to conclude that state-backed Chinese subsidies, export pushes, and overcapacity are driving down prices and pressuring U.S. producers in sectors such as semiconductors, batteries, aircraft, and fabricated metals.
Key facts, numbers, and timelines:China plans ~$150 billion in semiconductor investment through 2030 vs. $52 billion under the U.S. CHIPS funding; the report cites $63.3 billion Chinese semiconductor spending in H1 2025, TSMC’s $165 billion U.S. investment announcement, GE Appliances’ $490 million Appliance Park investment (2025), and state/national export shares and HS-code trade series used throughout the analyses.

May 27, 2026

US energy storage installations hit Q1 record, up 32% year over year: SEIA

SEIA reported record 9.7 GWh of battery energy storage installed in Q1 2026.

Main announcement: SEIA said the U.S. installed 9.7 GWh of battery energy storage in Q1 2026 (a 32% YoY increase), with commercial & industrial 648 MWh, utility-scale 1.5 GW / 7.8 GWh, and residential 515 MWh; Benchmark Mineral Intelligence (for SEIA) forecasts 613 GWh of U.S. storage deployment by 2030.
Background and details: SEIA and Benchmark highlighted data centers as a major driver (example: Meta + Enbridge will build 365 MW solar colocated with 200 MW / 1.6 GWh of Tesla batteries to support a Cheyenne, WY data center with 8-hour discharge capability); SEIA also flagged 101 GW of clean projects under political threat and said 36% of projects due by 2030 could be affected; 13 states have storage targets and cumulative deployment leaders include California 60.6 GWh, Texas 29.2 GWh, Arizona 20.2 GWh.

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