Great Falls, Cascade County, MontanaNorthWestern Energy / Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC)
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Commercial operation projected for December 2028 per regional transmission service requests and county commercial site plan milestones.[1]The Project Cardinal Hyperscale Data Center is a planned 600 MW zero-carbon compute campus located near Great Falls in Cascade County, Montana. Strategically positioned adjacent to major hydroelectric generation along the Missouri River and regional 230 kV transmission infrastructure, the facility provides high-reliability, renewable-powered capacity for large-scale enterprise artificial intelligence infrastructure.
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