Google Plans $17 Billion Wyoming Data Center Amid Rising Threats of Curbs
The project includes a 702-megawatt fuel-cell facility and air-cooling to limit water use, as political resistance to data-center expansion grows.
- On Thursday, Google announced a $17 billion investment to build its first data center campus in Wyoming, partnering with Tallgrass Energy, Black Hills Energy, American Electric Power, and Related Digital.
- The announcement follows midterm elections where voters rejected 40 of 41 data center-related ballot measures, while a University of Wyoming poll found only 30% of residents support expanding AI infrastructure.
- Equipped with carbon capture technology, the 702-megawatt fuel-cell facility will be air-cooled to minimize strain on local water resources, Google said.
- Prior to the announcement, Google officials met with more than 200 residents in Laramie County to gather feedback, though Cheyenne City Councilman Larry Wolfe expressed skepticism about massive projects.
- Prominent politicians, including Secretary of State and soon-to-be Congressman Chuck Gray, oppose new AI data centers in Wyoming, complicating the industry's expansion despite Google's pledge to cover 100% of power usage.
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Google Plans $17 Billion Wyoming Data Center as Opposition to AI Expansion Grows
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Google, owned by Alphabet, will invest $17 billion in the construction of a data center in Wyoming
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Nov 5 : Alphabet's Google will invest $17 billion to build its first data center in Wyoming, the company said on Thursday, pushing ahead with a major AI infrastructure investment as political resistance to data center expansion grows following the US midterm elections.Of the 41 data center-related ballot meas
Google Plans to Spend $17 Billion on Wyoming Data Center
Alphabet Inc.’s Google will spend $17 billion to build a data center in Wyoming, formally putting a price tag on the proposal two days after voters across the US delivered a broad rebuke to the development of such massive projects for artificial intelligence work.
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