Black Hills to Invest $1.8 Billion for Planned Google Data Center
MT newswire2026/10/06 20:4904:49 PM EDT, 10/06/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Black Hills (BKH) said Tuesday it signed agreements to provide energy service to Google's (GOOG) planned data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and plans to invest $1.8 billion in new natural gas generation. The company will provide up to 590 megawatts of grid-connected energy service and manage about 2.1 gigawatts of third-party contracted resources through a privately managed microgrid. Energy service is expected to begin in late 2027 and ramp to the project's peak load in 2030. The project is expected to provide about $150 million of net income in 2030 and approximately $2.4 billion of unlevered free cash flow through 2048, net of the $1.8 billion expenditures.
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