Google Lines Up 2.7 GW for a Wyoming Campus; Amazon's Name Lands on Homer City — October 08, 2026
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Black Hills signs on to serve Google's Cheyenne campus with a 2.7 GW resource stack built largely on undisclosed third-party supply, and Indiana County's posted filing names AWS for 36 buildings at the Homer City gas campus. Also: Oracle's Wisconsin transmission line restarts review, Firmus and CDC end Project Southgate, and SpaceX reportedly seeks $40 billion to buy Nvidia chips.
In this episode: 1. Black Hills Corp. Executes Definitive Agreements to Serve Google's Planned Data Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming — Finviz https://finviz.com/news/399523/black-hills-corp-executes-definitive-agreements-to-serve-googles-planned-data-center-in-cheyenne-wyoming 2. AWS Files 36-Building Data Center Plan at 4.5GW Homer City Campus — Mike Bavto https://baxtel.com/news/aws-files-36-building-data-center-plan-at-4-5gw-homer-city-campus 3. US Opposition Intensifies! Another Mega Data Center by Oracle Risks Stalling Due to "Power Connection Issues" | Longbridge — Wallstreetcn https://longbridge.com/en/news/301090080 4. Firmus, CDC end planned $51B Australian AI buildout — Robert Clark https://www.lightreading.com/data-centers/firmus-cdc-end-planned-51b-australian-ai-buildout 5. SpaceX Reportedly Seeking $40 Billion Financing To Buy ... — Amit Chowdhry https://pulse2.com/spacex-reportedly-seeking-40-billion-financing-to-buy-nvidia-ai-chips/
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