Wyoming
DataCentersExposed tracks 22 AI data centers in Wyoming — 0 operating and 5 in the pipeline — across 2 counties, drawing 13.5 GW of reported power demand from 3 tracked corporate operators. Wyoming's data-center tax break cost the state $15.2M in forgone revenue in FY2021 — $139.6M cumulatively.
Sources: Methodology, Coverage scorecard
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated May 29, 2026
Wyoming at a glance
The largest footprint in Wyoming belongs to Compass Datacenters, LLC, behind 2 tracked facilities. Meta Platforms, Inc. and Microsoft Corporation round out the most active operators in the state. Many of these sites are filed under shell or project names rather than the parent's — our operator column resolves them back to the real corporate parent wherever the chain is documented.
Geographically, the buildout clusters: Laramie County leads Wyoming with 11 facilities and a composite risk score of 11/100. Uinta County follow. Our county risk score weights project exposure (40%), power demand (30%), water draw (15%), and land footprint (15%); the full breakdown is shown on each county page.
Wyoming is not done growing. 5 facilities are in the pipeline — proposed, permitted, or under construction — which is where residents still have a say at zoning hearings and in rate cases. Each pending project is a decision about land, water, electricity prices, and tax revenue that hasn't been finalized.
We also surface the accountability trail: 6 recent news items are tracked for Wyoming below, pulled from LegiScan and GDELT and refreshed automatically. Legislation is linked to the counties and operators it names; news is classified by community sentiment.
2035 Buildout Outlook
Under the model's moderate-growth scenario (5%/yr annual load growth), PNNL's IM3 model sites about 4 standardized 36 MW campuses in Wyoming by 2035 — roughly 144 MW of new electricity demand and ~35 M gal/yr of cooling water. Under the higher-growth scenario (15%/yr) that climbs to 23 campuses (828 MW). For scale, we currently track 22 real data centers in Wyoming (13.5 GW of reported power).
- Low growth272 MW · ~17 M gal/yr cooling water
- Moderate growth4144 MW · ~35 M gal/yr cooling water
- High growth11396 MW · ~157 M gal/yr cooling water
- Higher growth23828 MW · ~313 M gal/yr cooling water
The model assigns ~25% of these campuses' cooling to evaporative water cooling in Wyoming (the rest to mechanical/air cooling), a split it derives from local water stress and wet-bulb temperature.
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.
Top operators in Wyoming
The taxpayer price tag
“Applying the statewide average tax rate for 2021, of 5.39% results in $15.2M in unrealized sales and use tax in 2021. ... Total ... $2,597,106,230.76 $139,568,473.13”
Program-wide cost of Wyoming's data-center tax incentive(s), reported by the state — not attributable to a single facility. “Proj” = the state's own forward estimate; all other figures are realized/audited. Each links to its primary source.
County risk leaderboard
| County | Facilities | Pipeline | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laramie County | 11 | 4 | 11 |
| Uinta County | 1 | 1 | — |
Pipeline & proposals
- Proposed1.8 GWProject Jade Data Center Campus (Cheyenne)Operator unknown · Laramie County
- Proposed1.3 GWPrometheus Hyperscale WY-1 (Evanston)Prometheus Hyperscale · Uinta County County
- Proposed250 MWRelated Digital Cheyenne Data CenterRelated Digital/CoreWeave · Laramie County
- ProposedMeta Data CenterMeta Platforms, Inc. · Laramie County
- ProposedMicrosoft Cheyenne ExpansionMicrosoft Data Center LLC · Laramie County County
All tracked facilities
| Facility | Operator | Status | County | MW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project Jade Data Center Campus (Cheyenne) | — | Proposed | Laramie | 1,800 |
| Prometheus Hyperscale WY-1 (Evanston) | Prometheus Hyperscale | Proposed | Uinta County | 1,250 |
| Related Digital Cheyenne Data Center | Related Digital/CoreWeave | Proposed | Laramie | 250 |
| Meta Data Center | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Proposed | Laramie | — |
| Microsoft Cheyenne Expansion | Microsoft Data Center LLC | Proposed | Laramie County | — |
| Project Jade | Crusoe | Blocked | Laramie | 10,000 |
| ACT Buffalo | — | Mapped (unverified) | — | — |
| ACT Casper | — | Mapped (unverified) | — | — |
| ACT Douglas | — | Mapped (unverified) | — | — |
| ACT Gillette | — | Mapped (unverified) | — | — |
| ACT Riverton | — | Mapped (unverified) | — | — |
| ACT Sheridan | — | Mapped (unverified) | — | — |
| ACT Wheatland | — | Mapped (unverified) | — | — |
| CYS41 Datacenter | Compass Datacenters, LLC | Mapped (unverified) | Laramie | — |
| CYS42 Datacenter | Compass Datacenters, LLC | Mapped (unverified) | Laramie | — |
| Lunavi - Cheyenne | — | Mapped (unverified) | — | — |
| Microsoft CYS Datacenter | Microsoft Corporation | Mapped (unverified) | Laramie | — |
| MineOne Wyoming Data Center | — | Mapped (unverified) | Laramie | — |
| Mountain West Technologies - Casper | — | Mapped (unverified) | — | — |
| Mountain West Technologies - Cheyenne | — | Mapped (unverified) | — | — |
| NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center | — | Mapped (unverified) | Laramie | — |
| Windbreak Cable | — | Mapped (unverified) | Laramie | — |