A Data Center In Your Backyard?
Do you have questions about data centers? If so, you are not alone.
Wyoming’s people and places are important. Where others may see “empty space,” we see our homes and livelihoods – the land that we love, and our children’s futures. The potential impacts of these data centers on our communities, our way of life, and our landscape need to be fully understood. How do data centers affect you?
- Water
- Energy
- Air Quality
- Land Use
- Local Economics
- Transparency to the People
Below are the questions we have. What about you?
Water Usage
- How will data centers affect our water supply?
- What happens to the water from a “closed loop” data center when it needs to be replaced?
- How frequently would water be replaced?
Energy Usage
- How would data center development affect our electrical bills?
- What is the energy source for all the power which would need to be generated?
Air Quality
- How will they impact noise levels?
- How will back-up generator usage affect air quality?
- How will data centers affect our night skies?
Land Use
- How do data centers affect our agricultural land?
- Will nearby landowners be impacted by the infrastructure build-out necessary to serve those data centers?
Local Economics
- How many permanent local jobs would actually be created?
- Will nearby landowners be impacted by the infrastructure build-out necessary to serve those data centers?
- What plans will be in place to protect communities if a planned data center’s construction halts midway through the process?
- Will bonding be put in place?
Transparency to the People
- When and how can concerned citizens find the information they need in order to be informed about potential data center development?
- What is the end use for the data these large data centers will be generating, and does it justify the vast amounts of resources necessary?
Join Us
Powder River Basin Resource Council members are actively working to address data center projects in several of our Wyoming communities. Join us! Wyoming deserves accurate answers and input as these decisions are made.
