Data centers and new power in Laramie County, WY
5.4 GW of new power is waiting to connect to the grid in Laramie County, WY — 22 active requests. Typical wait: 2.4 years. 9 projects are built, 16 withdrawn. Data as of 14 October 2026.
How far is it from your house?
Meta Cheyenne, run by Meta, is in Laramie County and uses about as much electricity as 122,000 homes.
38 public schools are within 5 miles of it, 6 within one mile. Counted from the facility, not from any home. School list: US Department of Education.
What is happening with electricity in Laramie County
Every new power plant, battery or big customer has to join a waiting list before it can plug into the grid. This is what that list looks like in Laramie County right now.
Where every request ever filed here ended up
Most requests in the US are withdrawn — a developer tests a site and moves on. That is normal, not a warning sign for Laramie County.
What kind of power is asking to connect
By capacity requested. Data as of 14 October 2026.
All the numbers
47 requests ever filed
Source: interconnection queues published by CLPT, PRPA, SPP, TSGT. Parsed and normalised by Watt Street. Data as of 14 October 2026. A queued project is a request, not a commitment.
Outcome of every request filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 9 | 772 MW | 19.1% |
| Still waiting | 22 | 5.4 GW | 46.8% |
| Withdrawn | 16 | 3.1 GW | 34.0% |
| Paused | 0 | — | 0.0% |
Waiting to connect, by type of power
| Type | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Wind | 9 | 2.5 GW |
| Solar | 5 | 1.8 GW |
| Natural gas | 6 | 615 MW |
| Solar + battery | 1 | 330 MW |
| Batteries | 1 | 79 MW |
Key dates for projects here
no dated windows published
| Queue | What closes | Closes | Standing |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERC | FERC large-load show cause — stakeholder comments on RTO responses Comments on the six RTO/ISO responses to the FPA section 206 show-cause orders of 18 June 2026 (PJM EL26-67, SPP EL26-68, NYISO EL26-69, MISO EL26-70… | No date published yet | unconfirmed source |
| FERC | FERC RM26-4 — generic large-load rulemaking Still at ANOPR stage. | No date published yet | confirmed source |
| FERC | Georgia PSC - Georgia Power must file large-load contracts 30 days before execution A standing obligation rather than a dated one: large-load contracts must be filed with the commission at least 30 days before they are executed. | No date published yet | confirmed source |
| SPP | SPP 2028 CPP Interconnection Cluster Study (ICS) application window Definitive Interconnection System Impact Study cluster, post Order 2023 compliance. | No date published yet | confirmed source |
A date marked confirmed was checked by a person against the authority's own tariff, order or form page. Anything else is listed so you know it exists, with a link so you can check it yourself. Full calendar.
The biggest projects on file
top 15 by size
| Project | Type | Capacity | Status | Filed | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-03-01 00:00:00 | Solar | 600 MW | active | 2025-07 | CLPT |
| C2-46 | Wind | 600 MW | withdrawn | 2022-04 | PacifiCorp |
| GI-2008-31 | Wind | 600 MW | withdrawn | 2008-12 | PSCo |
| GI-TC-2024-16 | Wind | 400 MW | active | 2023-05 | SPP |
| CLPT G21 | Solar | 400 MW | active | 2022-09 | CLPT |
| GI-TC-2024-16 | Wind | 400 MW | active | 2023-05 | TSGT |
| CLPT G20 | Solar | 365 MW | active | 2022-07 | CLPT |
| 21-08242 | Wind | 350 MW | active | 2021-08 | PRPA |
| GI-CS-2025-04 | Solar + battery | 330 MW | active | 2025-09 | SPP |
| GI-CS-2025-04 | Wind | 330 MW | active | 2025-09 | TSGT |
| CLPT G17 | Solar | 300 MW | active | 2022-04 | CLPT |
| CLPT G27 | Wind | 280 MW | withdrawn | 2023-07 | CLPT |
| GI-TC-2024-15 | Wind | 250 MW | active | 2024-05 | SPP |
| CLPT G12 | Wind | 250 MW | withdrawn | 2017-07 | CLPT |
| GI-TC-2024-15 | Wind | 250 MW | active | 2024-05 | TSGT |
How Laramie County compares
#48 in the US · #1 in WY
Laramie County ranks #48 of 1,607 US counties by power waiting to connect, and #1 of 12 in Wyoming.
| County | Waiting | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Platte County | 12 | 3.4 GW |
| Carbon/Albany | 16 | 2.7 GW |
| Converse County | 10 | 2.3 GW |
| Lincoln County | 5 | 1.8 GW |
| Sweetwater County | 2 | 1.2 GW |
| Albany County | 5 | 964 MW |
| Campbell County | 3 | 590 MW |
| Natrona County | 4 | 409 MW |
Common questions about power in Laramie County
How long does it take to get power for a data center in Laramie County, WY?
The median wait for a project still in the interconnection queue in Laramie County is 2.4 years. Across the US, most large loads are quoted three to seven years depending on the market and whether network upgrades are needed. 9 projects in Laramie County have reached energization and 16 were withdrawn, so the withdrawal rate here is a better guide to risk than any single quoted timeline.
How much capacity is available in Laramie County, WY?
5.4 GW is currently requested across 22 active interconnection requests, and 772 MW has actually been built. A queued megawatt is a request, not deliverable capacity — most queued projects are never built. For deliverable offtake capacity at a specific substation you need a utility study, not a queue.
Is Laramie County, WY a good site for a data center?
This page gives you the power half of that answer: what is queued, what has been energized, how long the wait runs, and which large load interconnection requests are already recorded nearby. The other half — the state policy position, moratoriums and large load tariffs — is on our Wyoming policy page.
Where does the data on this page come from?
The interconnection queue published by the transmission providers serving Laramie County — CLPT, PRPA, SPP, TSGT — parsed and normalised by Watt Street. Every figure carries the date it was true. Data as of 14 October 2026.
Go deeper on Laramie County
The interactive map plots every one of these applications, and a generated county report puts them in a sourced PDF with the date each figure was true on every page.
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