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Google Data Center Secures Huge Power Backing Through Black Hills Deal
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Moneycontrol•07-10-2026, 07:32
Google Data Center Secures Huge Power Backing Through Black Hills Deal
- •Black Hills Corp signed agreements to power a proposed Google data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with a massive 2.7-gigawatt resource mix.
- •The utility plans to spend $1.8 billion from 2027 to 2029 on new generation capacity to meet the soaring electricity demands of AI data centers.
- •Black Hills will build 564 megawatts of new generation capacity, supply up to 590 MW from the grid, and manage about 2.1 GW of third-party resources through a private microgrid.
- •Google is required to cover the full cost of supplying electricity, ensuring expenses are not passed on to other utility customers.
- •The project is expected to add about $150 million to Black Hills' net income by 2030, with power deliveries starting in late 2027 and peaking in 2030.
Key Questions Answered
Black Hills plans to spend $1.8 billion from 2027 to 2029 on new generation capacity to support the proposed Google data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
The agreement requires Google to cover the full cost of supplying electricity to the data center, ensuring those expenses are not passed on to other utility customers.
The project is expected to draw on a 2.7-gigawatt resource mix, which includes reserve margins, with power deliveries scheduled to begin in late 2027 and peak load expected in 2030.
