data centers

Coal-fired power generation jumped 13% in the U.S. last year, according to a recent report from the federal Energy Information Administration. That helped push carbon emissions from the power sector up about 4% — the first rise after years of declining emissions.

A new generation of small nuclear reactors is poised to come online in the next few years. Not everyone is as supportive as Atomic City residents.

Boulder City appeals a decision by the Bureau of Land Management which approved a data center without its involvement

Identified by the Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities as being the industrial user responsible for introducing the Cupriavidus Gilardii bacterium through fill and flush operations at the data center site, Goat Systems LLC has since had its industrial discharge privileges revoked.

Environmental groups in New Mexico say those efforts are not enough.

The city plans to appeal the federal approval of a data center.

The City of Denver along with other Colorado and Idaho counties have passed moratoriums on data center development. Cheyenne, Wyoming, opted to speed ahead.

A proposed workforce housing development in Cheyenne goes before Laramie County commissioners and the public on June 2. Iron Guard Workforce Housing wants to build up to 800 modular housing units that could house up to 5,600 people.

During the pause, city staff would have studied five questions: the impacts of data centers on the environment, electricity rates, the power grid, water usage, and any other factors related to the health, safety, and welfare of Cheyenne’s residents.

A proposed ordinance would require city staff to study data center impacts like electricity usage, electricity tariffs, closed-loop cooling systems, groundwater and agricultural impacts, and land value.