Wyoming

Energy/Power is the dominant stressor: the debate centers on grid capacity, large-load tariffs, and whether data centers will force new generation or transmission investments (Cowboy State Daily, Wyoming Outdoor Council). Water/Geology is the secondary stressor: the largest project’s siting raised questions about deep wells, aquifer protection, wastewater ponds, and closed-loop cooling losses in an arid state (WyoFile, Cowboy State Daily).

None identified. I found no 2026 Wyoming federal, state, or local race in which data centers were a central campaign issue as of May 2026; the issue shows up instead in public comment, local planning, and utility policy discussions (Cowboy State Daily, WyoFile).

No statewide moratorium or ban was enacted in Wyoming as of May 2026. The main local signal is a Cheyenne/Laramie County petition circulating for a moratorium on new data centers, with organizers seeking 7,000 signatures and citing up to 70 projects in various stages of discussion, but local officials have not adopted a pause (Cowboy State Daily).

Wyoming does not appear to have enacted a standalone 2025-2026 data-center ratepayer statute yet, but the issue is active through utility contracts and proposed policy ideas. Cowboy State Daily reports Wyoming already uses large power contract service tariff agreements to insulate residential customers, and state voices including Sen. Cale Case and Rep. Daniel Singh have argued for stronger classification or rules so large loads cannot shift costs to other customers (Cowboy State Daily). The Wyoming Outdoor Council’s November 2025 white paper says legislators drafted but did not introduce an 'Extremely Large Electrical Loads' bill in 2025 that would have required PSC review for new projects over 75 MW and protected residential ratepayers (Wyoming Outdoor Council).

None identified. Ballotpedia lists zero statewide ballot measures certified for Wyoming’s November 3, 2026 ballot and no data center-related measure (Ballotpedia, Ballotpedia).

1) Project Jade / Tallgrass-Crusoe AI campus, Switch Grass Industrial Park south of Cheyenne — proposed and now moving through construction planning; residents raised concerns about wells, noise, traffic, and light pollution, but county commissioners approved site plans (WyoFile). 2) Related Digital / CoreWeave campus, Cheyenne Business Parkway — $1.2 billion, 115-acre project with up to 302 MW critical IT capacity; mostly supported locally but part of the broader Cheyenne backlash over rapid buildout (Cowboy State Daily). 3) Microsoft Cheyenne expansion / land buy — major footprint expansion amid public concern about cumulative impacts and transparency, though not yet formally halted or cancelled (Cowboy State Daily).

Cheyenne-area grassroots petitioners led by Heather Madrid; Hyndman Homesites Homeowners Association; Wyoming Outdoor Council; Greenpeace USA (national, but cited in Wyoming policy debate); AARP Wyoming (focused on ratepayer protection rather than outright opposition) (Cowboy State Daily, Wyoming Outdoor Council, Cowboy State Daily).

None identified at the state political-surface layer as of May 2026. Talent and workforce dynamics in Wyoming surface primarily at the sub-state and labor-market level — county and municipal proceedings on named projects, regional building trades council positions, and utility commission workforce testimony — which are out of scope for the tracker's state-political-surface read. Request a full RAIL briefing for sub-state and labor-market analysis.

Emerging. Wyoming is not yet a national hub, but Cheyenne and southeast Wyoming now host or are pursuing multiple hyperscale and AI campuses; one report put announced Wyoming AI/data-center processing power at 12.8 GW, with major Cheyenne projects from Crusoe/Tallgrass, Related/CoreWeave, Microsoft, and Meta in the pipeline (Cowboy State Daily, Cowboy State Daily).

“With up to 70 Cheyenne-area data centers in the works,” residents are asking for a pause, while Sen. Cale Case said 12.8 gigawatts of demand suddenly showing up is “astounding” (Cowboy State Daily, Cowboy State Daily).

Cowboy State Daily: petition for Cheyenne-area moratorium, WyoFile/Inside Climate News: Laramie County approves Project Jade, Cowboy State Daily: Wyoming data-center boom and rate fears, Wyoming Outdoor Council white paper, Ballotpedia: Wyoming 2026 ballot measures, Ballotpedia: data center-related ballot measures, 2026