1 data center project in Unincorporated Williams County
Who decides here: the Williams County Commissioners decides on zoning for land outside city and town limits.
In Unincorporated Williams County
Local votes and rules
✅ Approved
County commissioners let Teton Digital start applying for a permit for a 100 MW data center about eight miles south of Tioga. They told the company to work with nearby townships and residents, who raised noise worries. We found no final permit vote.
📜 Data center rules
Williams County added data center rules (Ordinance 2024-01-02). A data center needs a conditional use permit and must be at least 1 mile from homes, schools, churches and parks, and 3 miles from another data center. The county uses distance instead of a noise limit. In August 2024 (Ordinance 2024-08-20) it also allowed data centers in farm zones with a permit.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Unincorporated Williams County. - Go to county meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Depending on where you live in Unincorporated Williams County: Wapa-- Western Area Power Administration (public) or Montana-dakota Utilities Co. (company) or Basin Electric Power Co-op (co-op (owned by its members)) or Lower Yellowstone R E A, Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)) or Mountrail-williams Electric Co-op (co-op (owned by its members)) or Sheridan Electric Co-op, Inc. (not available) or Burke-divide Electric Co-op Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in North Dakota.
🙋 Open tasks here
- Did Williams County grant the conditional use permit?
- Is anything built at the site?
- Who would use the data center?