Wyoming’s Power Bill: Now With 500% More Data Center Drain

Wyoming is about to star in 'How to Give Your Electric Grid a Heart Attack,' thanks to a proposed data center that 'would demand 5x Wyoming's current power use at full deployment.' Yeah, that’s not a typo—five times the entire state’s power, basically turning Big Sky Country into Big Steam Cloud Country. Because nothing screams 'progress' like making an entire state’s electrical system sweat buckets to keep TikTok videos and crypto mining running at max speed. Talk about late-stage capitalism flexing its giant, energy-hungry muscles while the rest of us just try to keep the lights on.

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Source: Arstechnica | Published: 7/29/2025 | Author: Benj Edwards