Atlas Power Butte Expansion
Butte, Silver Bow County, MT
Atlas Power Group, a private operator, has announced Atlas Power Butte Expansion, a data center project in Butte, MT. Reported capacity is 150 MW. NorthWestern Energy signed a Letter of Intent with Atlas Power Group (announced late 2024) to supply an additional 150MW to Atlas's existing crypto-mining/HPC facility at 200 Technology Way, Butte (Silver Bow County) -- the former Mike Mansfield Advanced Technology Center/Cryptowatt site, currently operating at ~75MW and not itself in our DB. This expansion tranche is LOI-stage only (no construction start confirmed); a separate 300MW expansion tied to the Basin Creek Solar project was denied by the Butte zoning board. Coordinates are the existing facility's address since the expansion is co-located there.
- 150 MWPlanned capacity
Project status
- Announced
- Permitting
- Under constructionNot yet
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Montana state legislation
- HB877 - Montana data center development actEstablishes the Montana data center development act.Download
- HJ46 - Study resolution on data centersResolution calling for a study of data centers.Download
Site details
- Operator
- Atlas Power Group
- County
- Silver Bow County, MT
- Capacity
- 150 MW
- Address
- Butte, MT
- Stage
- Announced
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