Data Center Registry

Big Sky Digital Infrastructure Campus

Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana

ProposedMixed receptionAI confirmedRecord updated October 26, 2026

Big Sky Digital Infrastructure Campus is a proposed data center in Billings, Montana (Yellowstone County), operated by Quantica Infrastructure. The public record puts it at announced August 2025, 1 GW planned, 5,000 acres. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator: Quantica Infrastructure
Facility type: Data center, AI use confirmed
Location: Billings, Yellowstone County, MT
Coordinates: 45.8230, -108.7000 (approximate)
Power capacity: 1 GW planned
Land: 5,000 acres
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: August 2025
Utility: NorthWestern Energy
Power source: Mixed
Cooling: Not established from a public source
Water use: Not established from a public source
Jobs: Not established from a public source
Public subsidy: Not established from a public source
Community reception: Mixed reception
Source confidence: Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

May 2026
Proposed
Quantica filed interconnection applications with NorthWestern Energy for 1,100 MW at Big Sky Campus Source: Data Center Dynamics
August 2025
Proposed
Big Sky Digital Infrastructure (BSDI) announced by EnCap-backed Quantica Infrastructure; 5,000-acre Yellowstone County campus north of Billings Source: Quantica Infrastructure

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Big Sky Digital Infrastructure Campus in Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Montana energy task force studying data center impacts; NorthWestern Energy's statewide Montana load is ~760 MW total.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.

Montana energy task force studying data center impacts; NorthWestern Energy's statewide Montana load is ~760 MW total. Multiple proposed MT data centers collectively seeking 1,400 MW more. Northern Plains Resource Council tracking grid and water concerns.

Source: Data Center Dynamics

Power and water

Phase 1: 500 MW renewable + battery storage by 2030. Phase 2: additional 500 MW by 2031. 40,000 acres under lease for solar, wind, battery development. Grid power from NorthWestern Energy.

DNRC says the company holds no water rights. Quantica says it is evaluating air cooling, deep aquifer wells, treated greywater and direct-to-chip liquid cooling (MTFP, Feb 2026). DEQ took public comment through Oct 29, 2026 on a proposed Madison Aquifer well. The well would draw about 150,000 gallons per day during construction, falling to about 20,000 gallons per day once complete (NBC Montana, Sep 30, 2026).

Notes on the record

5,100-acre site in Yellowstone County between Broadview and Billings ('north of Billings'). Shovel-ready powered land; grid power expected 2027. Interconnection application filed May 2026 for 1,100 MW. Backed by EnCap Investments (~$2.7B under management). Construction planned to begin 2026. Coordinates approximate between Billings and Broadview.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

Cooling method and water use
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Permanent jobs promised

Which document closes each gap

Cooling method and water use: The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Tax abatements or other public subsidy: The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised: The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.

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Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Parsec Data Management Billings · Billings · Parsec Data Management, Inc.7 mi · Operating
Cogent Billings Data Center · Billings · Cogent Communications8 mi · Operating
Vision Net Billings Fiber Hotel (Granite Tower, formerly iConnect Billings) · Billings · Vision Net9 mi · Operating

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Big Sky Digital Infrastructure Campus in Billings?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Big Sky Digital Infrastructure Campus?

No lawsuit over Big Sky Digital Infrastructure Campus appears in the record we track as of October 26, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does Big Sky Digital Infrastructure Campus use?

No water withdrawal figure for Big Sky Digital Infrastructure Campus is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Big Sky Digital Infrastructure Campus, and how big is it?

Quantica Infrastructure is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 1 GW. The site is recorded at 5000 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Big Sky Digital Infrastructure Campus," updated October 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/quantica-bsdi-billings-mt.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/quantica-bsdi-billings-mt, retrieved October 29, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

1.EnCap-backed Quantica Details Plans for 1GW Campus in Montana · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 6, 2026
2.Quantica Introduces Big Sky Digital Infrastructure as Its Flagship Montana Platform · Quantica Infrastructure · retrieved July 6, 2026
3.Agreement between data center developer and union federation thin on details · Montana Free Press · retrieved October 8, 2026
4.Quantica seeking to boost energy capacity at Broadview data center site to 7,235 MW · KPAX · retrieved October 8, 2026
5.As AI investors eye Montana for new data centers, communities brace for water impacts · Montana Free Press · retrieved October 26, 2026
6.DEQ seeks public comment on well proposal for new data center in Yellowstone Co. · NBC Montana · retrieved October 26, 2026
7.Quantica files power request for Yellowstone County data center · KULR-8 · retrieved October 26, 2026

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