Colorado-based Anschutz Corporation is looking to cash in on the rapid growth of data centers around the nation with a 3,200 MW natural gas plant with carbon capture and storage in Wyoming.
The company’s subsidiary is already in the process of constructing a $5 billion Chokecherry Sierra Madre wind energy project and a $3 billion TransWest Express transmission line to connect it the Southwest. Last month, Anschutz unveiled a tentative plan to add the 3,200 megawatta of gas-fired generation and a 1,000 megawatt solar generation facility.
A report by WyoFile indicated the Seminoe Generating Station and the Walcott Generating Station would power “one or two” data center clients, and could include “on-site carbon capture and storage,” according to company statements and information on Anschutz subsidiary Power Company of Wyoming’s website. All of the facilities would be located in Carbon County. So far, there are no formal data center partners to announce, a company spokesperson told WyoFile.
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