NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center
8120 Veta Drive · Cheyenne, Laramie County, WY
Source: OpenStreetMap
NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center is a mapped data center in Laramie County, WY. DataCentersExposed has documented a 101,129 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 17, 2026
Overview
source: link$70 million supercomputer facility opened 2013 has self-guided multimedia tours Mon-Fri 8-5 Sat 10-4 for you or groups. All about energy saving solar/wind and climate research.
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google News- Meta appeals Cheyenne violation notice linking its data center contractor to wastewater system contaminationOil City News· Jul 15, 2026
- Why Microsoft Can Skip State Review For 3,500 More Data Center Acres In CheyenneCowboy State Daily· Jul 14, 2026
- On Second Thought, No Press Conference On Cheyenne Meta Data Center ContaminationCowboy State Daily· Jul 14, 2026
- Cheyenne hears new annexation request for 34-acre data center staging areaCap City News· Jul 14, 2026
- Google Revealed as Customer Behind 2.7GW Project Tembo Data Center Campus Near Cheyenne, WyomingMLQ.ai· Jul 14, 2026
- Cheyenne is 3,500 acres larger after approving controversial Microsoft annexationOil City News· Jul 14, 2026
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.
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
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.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir 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 2023Demographics 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 / NCESThe nearest public school, Freedom Elementary in Cheyenne, is 2.3 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.