Google plans to invest $17 billion in its first data center in Wyoming. The project will take over a site in southeastern Wyoming that AI infrastructure firm Crusoe had been developing.
The investment will support Google’s expanding infrastructure for artificial intelligence and cloud computing workloads. The company will work with Tallgrass Energy and Black Hills Energy to manage the facility’s power needs.
The announcement comes amid growing public and political opposition to large-scale data centers in the United States. Voters have recently approved limits on such projects in several local ballot measures, citing concerns about energy and water use.