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Microsoft CYS Datacenter

Laramie County, WY

Source: OpenStreetMap

Microsoft CYS Datacenter is a mapped data center in Laramie County, WY, operated by Microsoft Data Center LLC and ultimately owned by Microsoft Corporation.

Reporting by · Updated Jun 14, 2026

Real parent
Microsoft Corporation
Operator
Microsoft Data Center LLC
Interconnection
~175 MW
Utility
Cheyenne Light Fuel & Power
Grid
WACM
Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source
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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

source: link

Microsoft CYS Datacenter is a mapped data center in Laramie County, Wyoming, run by Microsoft Data Center LLC and owned through its parent, Microsoft Corporation. The site draws power from Cheyenne Light Fuel & Power inside the WACM balancing authority. No capacity or operational details appear in available records.

Operator chain

In the news

source: GDELT

Data-center discussions in Laramie County

source: LocalView (CC0)

Local-government meetings in this county that discussed data centers, each cued to the moment. From the public LocalView corpus of government meetings on YouTube — a county-level signal, not necessarily about this specific site.

Laramie City Council
Sep 17, 2019 · 1 data-center mention

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

These tax breaks are recorded to Microsoft Corporation (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.

Dollar value not disclosed for these records.
  • Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2024 · term yr · source
  • Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2023 · term yr · source
  • Qualified Data Center Sales Tax Exemption$0
    State of Wisconsin · granted 2023 · term yr · source
  • Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2022 · term yr · source
  • Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2021 · term yr · source
  • Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2015 · term yr · source
  • Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2013 · term yr · source
  • Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2013 · term yr · source
Statewide cost of this incentive

Wyoming reported $15.2M in Sales/use tax exemption for qualifying data processing services centers (W.S. § 39-15-105(a)(viii)(S)) for FY2021 (Wyoming Department of Revenue, Excise Tax Division (report to Joint Revenue Interim Committee)). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.

source · All Wyoming subsidies →

Water use

Modeled estimate~2.6M gpd
Direct (onsite cooling)
~1.1M gpd
Indirect (its electricity)
~1.5M gpd

No measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 175 MW (interconnection capacity): 1.2 L/kWh cooling (cool climate) + 0.45 gal/kWh embedded in US grid average. How we estimate. Have a utility document? Send it and we'll replace this with the real figure.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Environmental permits

source: Permit register
  • Clean Air Act permitted sourceWY000000000F030296
    NAICS 518210; ECHO compliance status: No Violation Identified
  • Clean Air Act permitted sourceWY000000000F030348
    NAICS 518210; ECHO compliance status: No Violation Identified

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow
49
O3
Good
14
PM10
Good
0
PM2.5
Good

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Cheyenne), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023
Median household income
$105.7K
People of color
14%
Below poverty
3%
Tract population
4,964

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Freedom Elementary in Cheyenne, is 2.7 mi from this site (333 students).

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.