# Montana Data Center Investment Tracker Source: https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/montana Markdown alternate of the page above; the site index is https://savrn.com/llms.txt --- Named sites 1 Site-level commitments the atlas records in Montana Disclosed capital floor n.a. Sum of sites with a stated dollar figure. Sites without one are listed, not counted Disclosed capacity n.a. Sum of sites with a stated megawatt figure Blocked, delayed or restricted 10 $1.8B of announced capital in those projects Who is investing ## Who is investing in data centers in Montana? The named commitments in Montana carry no disclosed dollar figure yet. The record is . Named sites ## Named data center sites in Montana Each row is one site-level commitment with its capital provider, the figure the source states, and the status the source gives it. Capital is shown as one compact figure; the verbatim wording is in the row's sources. | Site | Capital provider | Place | Capital | MW | Status | Sources | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Quantica Broadview data center campus (Big Sky Digital Infrastructure)Site work reported 11 to 13 September 2026 (early works, not vertical construction); single-outlet report (KTVQ) | Quantica Infrastructure (Big Sky Digital Infrastructure) | Broadview, Yellowstone County | n.a. | n.a. | under construction | | Capital at risk ## Blocked, delayed or restricted in Montana Every project in Montana on the atlas's capital-at-risk record: the action taken, who took it, and the announced capital affected. Restarts and reversals are recorded with the same weight as blocks. | Project | Developer | Jurisdiction | Action | Capital | Sources | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Atlas Power / Sabey Data Center Properties Buttecancelled June 18, 2026 | Atlas Power / Sabey Data Center Properties | Butte | Sabey Data Centers proposed two 500,000 sq ft buildings (1M sq ft total) on over 600 acres at Montana Connections Industrial Park in Butte, MT (Silver Bow County), requiring 325 MW of power and water-based cooling. | $1.8B | | | Butte-Silver Bow data center voter-approval ballot initiative (406 People First)under appeal Suit filed 12 August 2026; district court ruling 28 August 2026; Supreme Court injunction 22 September 2026, vacated 24 September 2026; rehearing denied (reported 25 and 26 September 2026); initiative off the November 2026 ballot | n.a. | Montana Second Judicial District Court / Montana Supreme Court | 406 People First collected signatures for a Butte-Silver Bow initiative letting voters approve or reject data center development, after county officials told organizers the deadline was 14 August 2026. On 10 August the election administrator said state law required submission by 13 July, and the group sued on 12 August. In a 28 August 2026 ruling, District Judge Frank Joseph rejected the constitutional challenge and denied certification for the November ballot. The plaintiffs appealed to the Montana Supreme Court. On Tuesday 22 September 2026 the Montana Supreme Court granted an injunction, which the county did not oppose, barring Butte-Silver Bow from rejecting the initiative over the missed deadline while the appeal proceeds, so it can appear on the November ballot; the justices noted the result could still be invalidated if they later rule it was improperly placed. The initiative would require approval by two-thirds of all registered voters in a special election before the county could authorize a data center's construction or expansion. On 23 September the county said ballots had already been printed, and some mailed and returned, without the measure and asked the court for direction, proposing modified or supplemental ballots. On Thursday 24 September 2026 the Montana Supreme Court vacated its own 22 September injunction, less than 48 hours after issuing it, so the initiative will not appear on the November ballot. The court said it stood by its earlier reasoning but would not have granted the injunction had it known ballots were already printed and mailed, with some returned, and that Montana election law provides no process for adding an initiative or issuing supplemental ballots after ballots are prepared. The proponents, 406 People First, asked the court to reconsider; KBZK reported on 26 September 2026 that the court denied the rehearing petition, finding no exceptional circumstances. | n.a. | | | Butte-Silver Bow temporary data center moratorium (drafting directed)other Drafting approved 2 September 2026; moratorium adoption pending | n.a. | Butte-Silver Bow Council of Commissioners | The Butte-Silver Bow County Commission voted at its 2 September 2026 meeting to allow the county attorney to prepare a temporary moratorium on data center development, at the request of Commissioner Michelle Shea. Shea said a pause would allow public engagement and evaluation of infrastructure, economic, environmental and quality-of-life impacts. About half a dozen residents spoke in favor. The moratorium itself had not yet been adopted. | n.a. | | | Fort Peck Reservation data center moratoriummoratorium Enacted August 2026 | n.a. | Fort Peck Reservation | Fort Peck Reservation, Montana, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated August 2026. Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board (Assiniboine and Sioux) voted to ban all future discussions between tribal government and data center developers, effectively blocking development on the reservation. Chairman Floyd Azure said three companies approached in the past year. Primary concern is water contamination, 'Fort Peck historically struggled with acquiring clean, drinkable water.'. The measure has no end date by design. | n.a. | | | Great Falls campuswithdrawn Nov 2025 | Ardent Tech | Great Falls, MT | Withdrawn | n.a. | | | KRAMBU, Inc. Bonner (Missoula County)cancelled June 1, 2026 | KRAMBU, Inc. | Bonner (Missoula County) | KRAMBU, an Idaho-based company, applied to install an AI data center at Bonner Mill Industrial Park at the confluence of the Clark Fork and Blackfoot rivers (the 'A River Runs Through It' location). | n.a. | | | Krambu Bonner data center (former UFP Edge building, Bonner Mill Industrial Park)withdrawn Property owner withdrew from the application 6 July 2026 | Krambu, Inc. | Missoula County | Bonner Mill Industrial Park general manager Mike Heisey notified Missoula County on Monday 6 July 2026 that he was withdrawing his signature from Krambu's application for a data center in the former UFP Edge building, citing public concern about environmental impacts. Montana Free Press reported the proposal stalled as a result. The county had deemed the special exception application complete in May 2026 and scheduled a hearing for 1 July 2026. Missoula County commissioners separately took up an interim moratorium on new data centers that week. | n.a. | | | Missoula County interim data center moratoriummoratorium Approved unanimously 9 July 2026; up to one year | n.a. | Missoula County Commission | Missoula County commissioners unanimously approved an interim zoning moratorium on data centers on Thursday 9 July 2026. It pauses new or expanding data centers for up to a year while the county updates regulations on public health, safety and natural resources. The measure applies countywide in zoned and unzoned areas but not within the City of Missoula, whose new zoning map has no districts allowing data centers. All 30 public commenters supported the moratorium. | n.a. | | | Quantica Broadview data center and power plant (Yellowstone County initiative lawsuit)litigation First county suit filed 8 July 2026; second validity suit filed 6 October 2026 | Quantica | Yellowstone County | Yellowstone County filed a lawsuit on Wednesday 8 July 2026 challenging the legality of a proposed citizen initiative that would let voters approve or deny data center projects before they develop. The initiative was prompted by Quantica's plan for a data center and power plant near the Broadview substation. The county asked a court to rule before signature gathering. The Billings Gazette later reported the county said the signature deadline had passed weeks earlier. The first initiative missed its signature deadline after volunteers collected 14,980 signatures. On Tuesday 6 October 2026 commissioners voted 3-0 to file a new validity lawsuit in District Court against Kassi Solberg's revised initiative aimed at a spring 2027 vote, which would require two-thirds voter approval before any data center in the county starts or resumes operations, require interim zoning that would pause the Broadview project, and require disclosure of county communications with the data center industry. The county argues counties lack authority to condition permits on an election. | n.a. | | | Sabey Data Centers land purchase at Montana Connections Business Development Park, Butteterminated Sale to REC Silicon approved 8-1 on 16 September 2026 (reported 17 and 18 September 2026) | Sabey Data Centers | Butte-Silver Bow Council of Commissioners | Butte-Silver Bow commissioners had agreed in 2025 to sell 606 acres at the Montana Connections Business Development Park to Sabey Data Centers and in February 2026 extended the closing deadline to 11 August 2026. During title work Sabey found that REC Silicon, a tenant at the park, held a 1996 right of first refusal over much of the land; REC notified the county in April 2026 that it would exercise it. On Wednesday 16 September 2026 commissioners voted 8-1 to approve selling just over 627.8 acres to REC Silicon, which says it is buying the land as a safety buffer with no immediate plans to develop or sell it. The Montana Standard reports there will be no development on the property once earmarked for Sabey in the near future. Neither source reports a formal cancellation by Sabey; the land sale did not close and went to the right-of-first-refusal holder | n.a. | | Policy context ## What governs a data center in Montana The policy layer for Montana lives in three companion references: the [Montana Data Center Moratorium Tracker](https://savrn.com/data-center-moratorium-tracker/montana) for every state measure and local moratorium on record, the [Water Tracker](https://savrn.com/data-center-water-tracker) for the water rules that touch a site, and the [Grid Operator Watchlist](https://savrn.com/data-center-grid-operator-watchlist) for the large-load rules of the RTO or utility that decides whether it can energize. Next door ## States next door Wyoming 11 sites · $57.8B disclosed 5 blocked, delayed or restricted North Dakota 6 sites · $26.9B disclosed 4 blocked, delayed or restricted South Dakota 1 site 6 blocked, delayed or restricted Idaho 2 sites · $1.2B disclosed 2 blocked, delayed or restricted On the map ## Data centers in Montana The US Data Center Map identifies 20 facilities run by 10 operators in Montana, each one placed from primary sources and listed by city and by operator, with this atlas record beside it. Montana data centers 20 facilities · 10 operators Map, locations, operators, rules Montana power and local economy Generation, utilities and county records Explore the power supply chain and local conditions behind the build-out US Data Center Map Every state, one page each The national map and the operator directory Sources ## Sources for Montana Every source cited on this page, once each. The full atlas source register is at [Capital Atlas sources](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/sources). - ktvq.com[KTVQ](https://www.ktvq.com/news/construction-begins-at-proposed-broadview-data-center-site) - montanafreepress.org[montanafreepress.org](https://montanafreepress.org/2025/11/18/groups-push-back-on-montanas-data-center-boom/) - meic.org[meic.org](https://meic.org/data-centers/) - dailymontanan.com[dailymontanan.com](https://dailymontanan.com/2026/02/23/eleven-data-center-developers-in-talks-with-northwestern-group-says/) - nbcmontana.com[nbcmontana.com](https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/proposed-butte-data-center-stirs-debate) - meic.org[meic.org](https://meic.org/not-so-fast-groups-warn-of-downsides-to-potential-data-centers-in-butte/) - meic.org[meic.org](https://meic.org/) - montanafreepress.org[montanafreepress.org](https://montanafreepress.org/2026/06/18/how-some-montanans-are-taking-data-center-regulation-into-their-own-hands/) - mlq.ai[mlq.ai](https://mlq.ai/news/sabey-data-centers-terminates-606-acre-butte-land-deal-after-rec-silicon-exercises-right-of-first-refusal/) - montanafreepress.org[Montana Free Press](https://montanafreepress.org/2026/09/01/butte-data-center-initiative/) - mtstandard.com[Montana Standard](https://mtstandard.com/news/local/government-politics/elections/article_0f4b726a-32b9-4e65-8fe3-ed4685b117e6.html) - missoulian.com[The Missoulian](https://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_1553f304-1d5e-5766-a06c-5c91561b7676.html) - montanafreepress.org[Montana Free Press](https://montanafreepress.org/2026/09/23/supreme-court-puts-data-center-initiative-back-on-ballot/) - kbzk.com[KBZK](https://www.kbzk.com/news/montana-supreme-court-rules-butte-citizens-can-vote-on-data-centers) - mtstandard.com[The Montana Standard](https://mtstandard.com/news/local/government-politics/elections/article_b484dd98-b42f-4a0f-948d-ff9fdbc9fe05.html) - montanafreepress.org[Montana Free Press](https://montanafreepress.org/2026/09/24/butte-silver-bow-data-center-initiative-will-miss-november-ballot/) - kbzk.com[KBZK](https://www.kbzk.com/news/montana-supreme-court-reverses-course-on-butte-data-center-ballot-initiative) - kbzk.com[KBZK](https://www.kbzk.com/news/butte-silver-bow-county-commission-votes-to-pursue-temporary-moratorium-on-data-centers) - fairfieldsuntimes.com[Fairfield Sun Times](https://www.fairfieldsuntimes.com/news/state/butte-commissioners-discuss-possibility-of-data-center-moratorium/article_d5ede931-0377-5730-968d-908d98dc040a.html) - montanafreepress.org[montanafreepress.org](https://montanafreepress.org/2026/08/13/fort-peck-tribes-ban-discussions-data-center-development/) - static1.squarespace.com[Wins against DCs](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/662008fbe1c43d29c0122d8a/t/6980f39a65fc747facd340aa/1770058650648/Wins+against+DCs.pdf) - cowboystatedaily.com[cowboystatedaily.com](https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/04/07/where-a-river-runs-through-it-inside-the-hunt-for-data-center-sites/) - mtpr.org[mtpr.org](https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2026-03-27/bonner-data-center-proposal-draws-concerns-over-noise-power-demands) - montanafreepress.org[montanafreepress.org](https://montanafreepress.org/2026/04/03/whats-next-for-the-proposed-bonner-data-center/) - missoulacountyvoice.com[missoulacountyvoice.com](https://missoulacountyvoice.com/bonner-data-center) - insideclimatenews.org[insideclimatenews.org](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09072026/montana-county-seeks-data-center-moratorium/) - montanafreepress.org[Montana Free Press](https://montanafreepress.org/2026/07/06/property-owner-of-proposed-bonner-data-center-backs-out/) - montanarightnow.com[NonStop Local Montana](https://www.montanarightnow.com/missoula/krambu-submits-application-for-bonner-data-center-public-comment-period-continues/article_27946525-ec23-4720-a998-7bed7a3e5ad6.html) - route-fifty.com[Montana Free Press via Route Fifty](https://www.route-fifty.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/07/missoula-county-adopts-temporary-moratorium-data-centers/414694/) - mtpr.org[Montana Public Radio](https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2026-07-10/missoula-county-approves-one-year-pause-in-data-center-development) - billingsgazette.com[Billings Gazette](https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/government-politics/article_904edc18-04ce-4805-b12c-a11fddcc8291.html) - billingsgazette.com[Billings Gazette](https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/government-politics/article_4a40ae8a-f471-4bf4-96c3-623cd6c39249.html) - montanafreepress.org[Montana Free Press](https://montanafreepress.org/2026/10/07/yellowstone-county-sues-over-initiative-aimed-at-quantica-data-center/) - mtstandard.com[Montana Standard](https://mtstandard.com/news/local/government-politics/article_c3d89ee3-bdb6-4ed7-8132-a1cb6802c672.html) - kbzk.com[KBZK](https://www.kbzk.com/news/rec-silicon-secures-628-acres-near-butte-facility-after-data-center-plans-fall-through) ### Every state, one page each [Alabama 9 / 21](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/alabama)[Alaska 1 / 1](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/alaska)[Arizona 11 / 11](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/arizona)[Arkansas 2 / 8](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/arkansas)[California 10 / 35](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/california)[Colorado 6 / 21](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/colorado)[Connecticut 0 / 6](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/connecticut)[Delaware 0 / 5](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/delaware)[Florida 0 / 46](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/florida)[Georgia 23 / 57](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/georgia)[Hawaii 0 / 0](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/hawaii)[Idaho 2 / 2](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/idaho)[Illinois 10 / 35](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/illinois)[Indiana 14 / 44](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/indiana)[Iowa 3 / 22](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/iowa)[Kansas 5 / 19](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/kansas)[Kentucky 6 / 26](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/kentucky)[Louisiana 7 / 3](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/louisiana)[Maine 0 / 20](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/maine)[Maryland 1 / 22](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/maryland)[Massachusetts 0 / 11](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/massachusetts)[Michigan 4 / 55](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/michigan)[Minnesota 3 / 31](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/minnesota)[Mississippi 7 / 5](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/mississippi)[Missouri 10 / 25](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/missouri)[Montana 1 / 10](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/montana)[Nebraska 3 / 16](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/nebraska)[Nevada 8 / 12](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/nevada)[New Hampshire 0 / 5](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/new-hampshire)[New Jersey 4 / 61](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/new-jersey)[New Mexico 3 / 10](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/new-mexico)[New York 6 / 21](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/new-york)[North Carolina 10 / 45](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/north-carolina)[North Dakota 6 / 4](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/north-dakota)[Ohio 24 / 80](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/ohio)[Oklahoma 11 / 20](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/oklahoma)[Oregon 1 / 8](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/oregon)[Pennsylvania 16 / 42](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/pennsylvania)[Rhode Island 0 / 5](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/rhode-island)[South Carolina 6 / 20](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/south-carolina)[South Dakota 1 / 6](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/south-dakota)[Tennessee 6 / 26](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/tennessee)[Texas 106 / 35](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/texas)[Utah 11 / 12](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/utah)[Vermont 0 / 3](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/vermont)[Virginia 33 / 50](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/virginia)[Washington 9 / 22](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/washington)[Washington, DC 0 / 0](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/washington-dc)[West Virginia 4 / 3](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/west-virginia)[Wisconsin 4 / 45](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/wisconsin)[Wyoming 11 / 5](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/wyoming) Figures beside each state are named sites and blocked, delayed or restricted projects. Part of the [North American Data Center Capital Atlas](https://savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas), refreshed every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Announced commitments overlap one another and overlap reported capital expenditure, so this page shows disclosed floors and never adds them into a single deployment figure. Informational, not investment or legal advice. The SAVRN reference set ## Seven references, one system Capital, delay, policy, water, grid, permits and scarcity are one system seen from seven sides. Each reference is primary-sourced, refreshed on a schedule, and links into the others, so a project can be followed from the money committed to the docket that stopped it. Delay Watchlist Project-level slippage: named projects, jurisdictional actions, utility and federal dockets, SEC disclosures, and the interconnection queue. [Open the watchlist →](https://savrn.com/data-center-delay-tracker) Moratorium Tracker The policy layer: every state measure and local moratorium mapped and cited, with one page per state. Open the tracker → Water Tracker Every federal, state, local and interstate water measure that touches a data center, plus a fifty-state water ledger. Open the water tracker → Grid Operator Watchlist ERCOT, PJM, MISO, CAISO, SPP, NYISO, ISO-NE and FERC: the large-load rules, filings and queue positions that decide whether a site can energize. Open the watchlist → Permits and Power Development Data center and substation permits, large loads in the interconnection queues, and the power plants planned to serve them, refreshed hourly from public records. Open the permits tracker → SAVRN Scarcity Tracker Eleven primary-sourced indicators of AI infrastructure scarcity, one composite index, read against the token index, SAVRN's own cost basis and the frontier ceiling. Open the scarcity tracker → Have a specific address? Site Intelligence reads all seven references against one location, county, utility and grid operator included, and cites every finding. [Check an address →](https://savrn.com/site-intelligence)