Google announced Nov. 5, 2026, that it plans a long-term $17 billion investment in its first Wyoming data center, connecting a major computing expansion with energy projects already being developed around Cheyenne.
A new investment figure, existing power plans
The company announcement names Tallgrass Energy, Black Hills Energy, American Electric Power and Related Digital as partners. The $17 billion figure describes Google’s planned long-term investment, not money already spent or a facility already operating.
Google said the data center will use air cooling. It also said it will pay for the power it consumes and infrastructure needs directly resulting from its growth. Those are company commitments, not independently verified findings about future water use, emissions or customer bills.
A separate fuel-cell development
AEP announced on Oct. 14 that it planned approximately $4 billion for a 702-megawatt fuel-cell generation project near Cheyenne under a 20-year power-purchase agreement with Google.
At that time, AEP and its partners expected construction to begin in 2026 and full operation by the end of 2028. That schedule concerns the power facility, not a promised completion date for Google’s data center.
The planned project uses Bloom Energy technology and includes proposed carbon capture. The generation capacity is not a measure of computing capacity, and the announcement does not establish achieved emissions reductions.
Utility service has its own schedule
Black Hills said Oct. 6 that agreements effective Sept. 30 would support Google’s planned Cheyenne facility. It anticipated energy service beginning in late 2027, with demand reaching its planned peak in 2030.
The utility described up to 590 megawatts of grid-connected service and management of approximately 2.1 gigawatts of third-party resources through a private microgrid. Black Hills said the overall resource mix includes reserve margins; it should not be treated as the data center’s operating IT load.
The earlier supplier announcements provide context for Google’s new investment figure. Their separate cost estimates and operating targets are not interchangeable with Google’s spending plan or a single data-center opening date.