Google commits $17 billion to its first Wyoming data center campus

Project Tembo near Cheyenne would span 716 acres and draw up to 2.7 GW of power, with full completion targeted for 2031 Google is putting $17 billion behind a single patch of southeastern Wyoming. The company’s proposed campus, called Project Tembo, would sit in south Laramie County near Cheyenne. It would be Google’s first data center in the state, and the price tag lands it firmly in big-league infrastructure territory. What Google plans to build The campus would cover approximately 716 acres. At its core are four large data center buildings. Together they total around 3.08 million square feet of space. The plan also includes an office building, logistics and network facilities, and the supporting infrastructure a campus like this requires. The headline technical figure is power. Project Tembo is designed around 2.7 GW of capacity, a figure that includes reserves. Who keeps the lights on Black Hills Corp. has committed $1.8 billion to new generation tied to the project. The arrangement also includes a private microgrid that runs through 2048. A microgrid is a localized power system that can serve a specific customer, rather than drawing everything from the wider public grid. A lo...