Google announced plans to invest $17 billion to build its first data center in Laramie County, Wyoming, according to a company blog post. The tech giant will cover all electricity costs for the facility, with part of its power supplied by a 702-megawatt natural gas fuel cell plant using Bloom Energy technology. The announcement comes amid growing local resistance to AI infrastructure expansion across the United States. In this week's midterm elections, voters supported restricting data center construction in 40 out of 41 related local ballot measures, signaling significant public concern over the environmental and community impacts of rapid data center growth.