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Data center or not, Silver Lake water system a gem for Butte-Silver Bow County

On a professional level, there’s nothing more important to Jim Keenan than water in Butte-Silver Bow County. His job, big picture, is ensuring residents in Butte-Silver Bow have clean drinking water to live on and Butte’s biggest plants and mining ventures have the industrial water they

NorthWestern Energy: 11 more data center firms eyeing Montana, South Dakota

There are nearly a dozen more data center companies interested in buying NorthWestern Energy's electricity than the ones already in the intermediate stages of planning. NorthWestern Energy recently revealed it is conducting "high-level assessments" with five data center companies who'd like to buy

Power drain: A guide to proposed data centers so far in Montana

Over the last year, data center companies from around the country have staked out Montana with a bullseye as the place to build giant new facilities. And the largest monopoly utility in the state, NorthWestern Energy, has been happy to oblige them so far. NorthWestern has signed Letters of Intent

Report mostly favorable to Sabey data center in Butte, but criticisms and concerns remain

The report hasn’t quieted criticisms from some citizens and watchdog groups who say the committee was stacked with data center proponents

OpenAI's Altman tells leaders regulation 'urgently' needed

OpenAI's Altman tells leaders regulation 'urgently' needed

The world urgently needs to regulate artificial intelligence, OpenAI head Sam Altman said Thursday at a summit in New Delhi to address the risks and opportunities posed by the fast-evolving technology. Altman, CEO of the company behind ChatGPT, has called for global oversight in the past but last year

Environmental groups challenge NorthWestern Energy's intent to power data centers

A coalition of nine different organizations, many of which are environmental advocacy groups, have filed a complaint with the Montana Public Service Commission challenging NorthWestern Energy’s plan to supply huge amounts of power to three data center developers in the coming years. The organizations say the plan could “deepen

County, Sabey provide more details about proposed data center in Butte

Butte-Silver Bow officials and a major data center company addressed numerous questions and concerns this week that citizens and watchdog groups raised over proposed data centers in Butte. It’s too soon to tell if the answers quell anxieties and potential opposition to a proposed Sabey Data Centers facility