AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoTrona Jobs: WE Soda’s proposed January layoffs put 274 Wyoming workers at risk. The union opposes the company’s pending $13 million state grant as workers and communities rally against the cuts. Utility Shake-up: Regulators approved the $15.4 billion NorthWestern Energy–Black Hills merger, creating a company serving more than 2 million customers across six states, including Wyoming. Cheyenne Computing: A lawsuit has put a potential transfer of operations at the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s Cheyenne supercomputing center on hold. Energy and Minerals: Ur-Energy deferred 600,000 pounds of uranium deliveries as its Wyoming ramp-up continues, while American Rare Earths began a pilot to process Halleck Creek ore into rare-earth metal. Data Center Power: Google’s planned $17 billion Cheyenne-area data center is driving major power plans: Black Hills says it will invest $1.8 billion in gas generation and coordinate 2,700 megawatts of resources to serve the project.
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