1 data center project in Unincorporated Platte County
Who decides here: the Platte County Commissioners decides on zoning for land outside city and town limits.
In Unincorporated Platte County
Local votes and rules
📜 Data center rules · Platte County
The county is adding data centers to its land use rules. On Aug. 11 the planning board voted to move ahead with rules that would require a special use permit for data centers. A public hearing was held Sept. 16, 2026. We could not find whether the rules were adopted.
🗺️ Zoning change · Platte County
County commissioners unanimously rezoned 5,344 acres of ranch land in Goshen Hole, northeast of Wheatland, to industrial for a planned data center. Any use still needs a special use permit. The land goes back to ranch zoning if building does not start within five years.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Unincorporated Platte 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 Platte County: Wapa-- Western Area Power Administration (public) or Wheatland Rural Electric Assn, Inc. (not available).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Wyoming.
🙋 Open tasks here
- Who is behind Site Layer 4, and who would use the data center?
- What kind of power plant would be built, and how big?
- When will the county hear the special use permit?
- Where exactly is the site? A parcel number, address or agenda link helps.