Laramie County, Wyoming
DataCentersExposed tracks 11 AI data centers in Laramie County, Wyoming — 0 operating and 4 in the pipeline, drawing 12.1 GW of reported power demand, led by Compass Datacenters, LLC. Its transparent data-center risk score is 0/100.
Sources: Methodology, Coverage scorecard
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated May 29, 2026
- Project exposure · 19
- Power demand · 0
- Water draw · n/a
- Land footprint · n/a
What's happening in Laramie County
Facilities here with disclosed capacity draw 12.1 GW from the local grid. Data-center load on this scale is the single biggest driver of recent capacity-market price increases — costs that flow through to every ratepayer in the service territory, not just the operators.
Compass Datacenters, LLC has the largest presence in Laramie County. We resolve project codenames and shell LLCs back to the corporate parent wherever the public record allows, so the table below names who is actually behind each site.
Below: every tracked facility in the county, the active state legislation that names it or its county, and local news. Commissioner vote records arrive in a later release; the placeholders show where that accountability data will land.
2035 Buildout Outlook
Under the model's moderate-growth scenario (5%/yr annual load growth), PNNL's IM3 model sites about 2 standardized 36 MW campuses in Laramie County by 2035 — roughly 72 MW of new electricity demand and ~0 M gal/yr of cooling water. Under the higher-growth scenario (15%/yr) that climbs to 4 campuses (144 MW). For scale, we currently track 11 real data centers in Laramie County (12.1 GW of reported power).
- Low growth136 MW · ~0 M gal/yr cooling water
- Moderate growth272 MW · ~0 M gal/yr cooling water
- High growth272 MW · ~0 M gal/yr cooling water
- Higher growth4144 MW · ~0 M gal/yr cooling water
These are modeled candidate sites, not announced or permitted facilities. PNNL's IM3 model places identical 36 MW unit-campuses at feasible locations under each scenario — it shows where demand could concentrate, never a specific parcel. Figures use a market-gravity weight of 50. How the model works.
Every tracked facility
| Facility | Operator | Status | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Jade Data Center Campus (Cheyenne) Cheyenne | — | Proposed | 1,800 |
| Related Digital Cheyenne Data Center Cheyenne | Related Digital/CoreWeave | Proposed | 250 |
| Meta Data Center Cheyenne | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Proposed | — |
| Microsoft Cheyenne Expansion Cheyenne | Microsoft Data Center LLC | Proposed | — |
| Project Jade Cheyenne | Crusoe | Blocked | 10,000 |
| CYS41 Datacenter | Compass Datacenters, LLC | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| CYS42 Datacenter | Compass Datacenters, LLC | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Microsoft CYS Datacenter | Microsoft Corporation | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| MineOne Wyoming Data Center | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center Cheyenne | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Windbreak Cable Pine Bluffs | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
County commissioners
How the Laramie County board votes on each data-center matter — the rezonings, the abatements, the water permits — is built from public-meeting minutes and roll-call records. Know of a vote we should be tracking? Tell us.