Wyoming guides AI data center growth as Bitcoin miners eye power

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon signed Executive Order 2026-03 titled “Data Centers the Wyoming Way,” setting guidance for data center and advanced computing development across the state. The order applies to state agencies that permit, review, regulate, support or help large data center projects, and asks them to support growth while checking water use, environmental needs, workforce planning and power costs for homes.

Gordon said, “As America races to build the infrastructure needed to support advanced computing, artificial intelligence and our nation’s rapidly growing digital economy, Wyoming is uniquely positioned to lead.” Power demand is the main issue as AI data centers increase pressure on U.S.

power systems. Bloomberg reported Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft are expected to spend about $650 billion on AI and data center infrastructure in 2026, aimed at cloud services, model training and the computing systems needed to run large AI tools.

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