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Latest data center news, projects, power and policy across Wyoming — updated daily.
Recent Wyoming data center news
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The Five Types of Electro-Industrial States
Rocky Mountain Institute presents a typology classifying US states into five electro-industrial archetypes.
- Main announcement/action: RMI authors classify states into five archetypes — Momentum Hubs (Arizona, California), Fast‑Track Builders (Texas, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Ohio, Idaho), Policy Champions (New York, Michigan, Virginia, Oregon, Washington, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania), Open‑Door Starters (Vermont, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Mississippi, Iowa), and Early‑Stage Starters (Missouri, New Hampshire, Kentucky, Maine, Alabama, Louisiana, Indiana, West Virginia, Montana, Arkansas). The typology is based on policy reliability, regulatory ease, economic capacity, physical infrastructure (power and interconnection), and market momentum.
- Background and details: The analysis highlights that market momentum and policy reliability should operate in tandem; low regulatory burdens accelerate short-term investment but may strain local housing and infrastructure without accompanying policy ambition. The authors reference the report GREASE Lightning as a policy playbook for designing investment-led, state-driven electro-industrial strategies.
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Conduit Power Executes the Purchase of 250 MW of Power Generating Equipment for 2027 Data Center Deployments in Texas and Wyoming
Conduit Power has executed purchase orders for 75 Ecomax® 33 units (250 MW) from AB Energy USA, expanding its pipeline to ~300 MW earmarked for data centers in Texas and Wyoming.
- Main announcement: Conduit Power executed purchase orders for 75 Ecomax® 33 units powered by Jenbacher 620 engines (total 250 MW), expanding Conduit’s firm delivery pipeline to approximately 300 MW. The capacity is earmarked for data centers in Texas and Wyoming and Conduit states the capacity will be available for planned 2027 off-grid deployments.
- Deal and implementation details / background:AB Energy USA (headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas) will deliver fully integrated Ecomax® 33 units equipped with Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) to meet federal/state emissions standards; all units will be co-located with Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and are engineered for high-altitude and variable-temperature operation to serve sites across ERCOT and the U.S. Mountain West. Conduit is backed by Grey Rock Investment Partners and Gruppo AB maintains a strategic partnership with INNIO Jenbacher.
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Power, Proximity, Policy: The Legal Landscape of Siting Data Centers Near Natural Gas Resources
Michelman Robinson partners Warren Koshofer and Seth Leibenstein analyze the legal and regulatory considerations for siting data centers near U.S. natural gas resources.
- Main announcement/action: The article provides a legal and practical guide on siting data centers adjacent to natural gas infrastructure, noting concrete facts such as data center loads often exceeding 100 megawatts per site and that natural gas supplies more than 40% of U.S. electricity. It identifies regional hubs (Texas/Permian Basin; Appalachian Basin — Marcellus & Utica; Midcontinent/Great Plains; Rockies — DJ and Powder River basins; Gulf South — Louisiana & Mississippi) and highlights relevant regulators like ERCOT and FERC, plus contractual vehicles such as PPAs and gas tolling arrangements.
- Background and details: The piece outlines regulatory and compliance requirements (Clean Air Act permitting, Section 401 water quality certifications, state environmental reviews), flags evolving ESG and carbon disclosure pressures (SEC proposals, IRA incentives), and lists states considering restrictions on fossil-fueled generation for new data centers (Oregon, Virginia, Illinois). Contact details for the authors are provided: Warren Koshofer (212-730-7700; wkoshofer@mrllp.com) and Seth Leibenstein (212-730-7700; sliebenstein@mrllp.com).
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Pennsylvania’s $70 Billion Race for America’s Data Centers
Pennsylvania has announced an ambitious $70 billion state-led initiative to attract major AI data center investments and related infrastructure upgrades, unveiled in July at the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University.
- Main announcement and projects:$70 billion initiative announced in July at the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh). Key commitments include $25 billion Aliquippa steel mill redevelopment (Blackstone; joint venture with PPL Corp. on power generation), CoreWeave $6 billion for up to 300 MW in Lancaster, Energy Capital Partners $5 billion at York II Energy Center, PA Data Center Partners & Powerhouse $15 billion three-campus hub near Carlisle with 1.3 GW capacity, and Google/Brookfield 20-year repowering deal for Safe Harbor and Holtwood hydropower totaling 670 MW. The plan also includes workforce development via the Energy Innovation Center Infrastructure Academy and Meta’s $2.5 million investment to CMU’s Schwartz Center for Entrepreneurship.
- Background and implementation details: The plan is state-coordinated and privately funded (not federally backed like the CHIPS Act). It focuses primarily on power delivery and grid enhancements (rather than direct data center construction), leveraging Pennsylvania’s status as the 2nd-largest U.S. natural gas producer and a major coal producer. The Google-Brookfield arrangement is a 20-year repowering commitment; other projects are announced as multi-billion-dollar investments without explicit completion timelines. Industry sources quoted include Forrester Research (Alvin Nguyen), DVM Power + Control (Bob Ricci), and DataBank (Joe Minarik).
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What is a data center?
McKinsey has announced a detailed analysis and outlook on the rapid growth and investment needs of data centers driven by AI workloads.
- $6.7 trillion global investment in data centers is projected by 2030, with 70% driven by AI workloads; AI-ready data centers require new infrastructure including power, cooling, and electrical systems.
- Regional challenges include power supply constraints in the US and Europe, labor shortages, and sustainability demands; opportunities exist for investors, real estate firms, and telecom operators to support data center expansion and clean energy integration.
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Data centers seek flexible power solutions for resilience, sustainability
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Beyond Lithium: How Organic Flow Batteries Could Transform Data Center Energy Storage
The article announces the emergence of organic flow batteries as a sustainable alternative to lithium-ion batteries for data center energy storage.
- Organic flow batteries use organic materials, avoiding mining and reducing environmental and fire risks compared to lithium-ion batteries.
- A data center in Wyoming is the first in the U.S. to deploy organic flow batteries, signaling potential for scalable, sustainable energy storage solutions in the industry.
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Data centers could bring alternative battery types into the mainstream, developers say
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XL Batteries tapped to provide long-duration onsite energy storage for data center developer
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Microsoft Weighs Natural Gas With Carbon Capture To Power AI Data Centers
Microsoft’s VP of Energy, Bobby Hollis, announced that the company is exploring the use of natural gas combined with carbon capture technology to power its AI data centers amid surging demand. The feasibility of this approach depends on the commercial viability and cost-competitiveness of carbon capture. Meanwhile, ExxonMobil plans to launch operations for its natural gas plant within five years, while Chevron has partnered with GE Vernova for a plant set to start in 2027. Baker Hughes is collaborating with Frontier Infrastructure to develop a carbon storage hub in Wyoming.