Google plans a $17 billion data center in Wyoming

Google said on Nov. 5, 2026 that it will invest $17 billion in its first data center in Wyoming, in Laramie County, with Tallgrass Energy, Black Hills Energy, American Electric Power, and Related Digital. Google says the project includes a contracted 702 MW natural-gas fuel-cell plant with carbon capture, using Bloom Energy cells, and that the data center will be air-cooled. AEP's Oct. 14 release describes that plant as a 20-year power-purchase agreement and about $4 billion of AEP investment, with construction planned in 2026 and full operation expected by the end of 2028. That $4 billion is AEP's generation project, not a stated slice of Google's $17 billion.