Site Layer 4 Goshen Hole Data Center Campus

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.

1. September 2026

   Permitted
   Platte County Commission unanimously approved industrial rezoning of 5,344 acres with conditions, including reversion to prior zoning if construction does not begin within five years, a required special-use permit, and county review of the industrial park plan. Reported by Cowboy State Daily on 2026-09-02; the exact vote date is not restated here because the source's own dating is ambiguous. Source: Cowboy State Daily

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Site Layer 4 Goshen Hole Data Center Campus in Wheatland, Platte County, Wyoming appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Rezoning passed unanimously but public comment was split: neighbors raised Ogallala Aquifer depletion, wildlife habitat (mule deer, elk, 40-plus bird species), noise and scenic impacts on the Goshen Hole Rim, and several residents asked for a moratorium; the county economic development director and some ranching families backed it as transformational for the tax base.

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.

Rezoning passed unanimously but public comment was split: neighbors raised Ogallala Aquifer depletion, wildlife habitat (mule deer, elk, 40-plus bird species), noise and scenic impacts on the Goshen Hole Rim, and several residents asked for a moratorium; the county economic development director and some ranching families backed it as transformational for the tax base.

Source: Cowboy State Daily

Power and water

Developer describes a self-generating campus with co-located utility-scale generation and says it would not draw on municipal water or the Wheatland Irrigation District. Fuel type for the co-located generation was not specified in the county proceedings as reported.

Developer describes a closed-loop cooling system with annual water use comparable to 25 to 30 residential homes, and no connection to municipal water or the Wheatland Irrigation District.

Notes on the record

Site is on the Lazy V Six Ranch in Goshen Hole, northeast of Wheatland near the Platte-Goshen county line and roughly 13 miles east of Interstate 25. Permanent jobs were reported as a 250-300 range; the low end is recorded here. No megawatt figure has been published. Coordinates are a geocode from that published description and are not a parcel-confirmed point.

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.

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