# Google Plans $17 Billion Wyoming Data Center, Will Pay Power Costs By Simon Yoon Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/50693 Published: 2026-11-07T08:38:39.000Z Updated: 2026-11-07T08:38:39.000Z Section: Technology > The Laramie County facility would be Google’s first data center in Wyoming and draw some power from a 702-megawatt natural gas fuel-cell plant. Google plans to invest $17 billion in a Laramie County data center and pay all of its electricity costs, tying the company’s first Wyoming facility to a large power project. Some of the facility’s electricity would come from a 702-megawatt natural gas plant that uses Bloom Energy fuel cells. Google would cover 100% of the power used by the data center. An [American Electric Power fuel-cell project near Cheyenne]() is planned to supply the proposed data center under a 20-year agreement. The project carries about $4 billion in planned investment. ## Links in this article - [American Electric Power fuel-cell project near Cheyenne](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/31822)