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Data center campus · West Cheyenne, west of Roundtop Road along Happy Jack Road, next to North Range Business Park, Laramie County, Wyoming

Cox Ranch data center campus

Approved as of Sept. 28, 2026

A two-to-three-building data center campus that Skybox Datacenters and ViaWest Group plan on the former Cox Ranch on Cheyenne's west side, annexed and rezoned for business-park use in September 2026. Also known as: ViaWest/Skybox Happy Jack, Cox Ranch annexation.

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Albany CountyBig Horn CountyCampbell CountyCarbon CountyConverse CountyCrook CountyFremont CountyGoshen CountyHot Springs CountyJohnson CountyLaramie CountyLincoln CountyNatrona CountyNiobrara CountyPark CountyPlatte CountySheridan CountySublette CountySweetwater CountyTeton CountyUinta CountyWashakie CountyWeston CountyCox Ranch data center campus · Approved
PowerNot statedNot reported in the records found
Site1,198acres

Who is behind it

ProjectCox Ranch data center campusAlso: ViaWest/Skybox Happy Jack, Cox Ranch annexation
Developer and teamSkybox Datacenters
ViaWest Group
End userNot disclosed

The record, newest first

  1. The council approved the annexation and business-park rezoning on third and final reading, 8-2. (Cowboy State Daily, Sept. 29, 2026)

  2. On second reading the annexation and the two zoning ordinances passed 6-3. (Wyoming Tribune Eagle (Laramie Boomerang), Sept. 17, 2026)

  3. At a council work session, the developers described two to three buildings on the southwest part of the property, closed-loop cooling, a written 'Commitment to the Cheyenne Community' and an agreement to transfer the mausoleum land to a Cox family foundation; they said financial commitments were hard to make before a project was certain. (Wyoming Tribune Eagle, Aug. 28, 2026; Y95 Country, Aug. 25, 2026)

  4. Cheyenne LEADS listed the ViaWest/Skybox Happy Jack site among planned data centers in Laramie County. (Cheyenne LEADS, Aug. 4, 2026)

  5. Residents of the nearby Rolling Hills area opposed the annexation over traffic and water use, and an attorney for the former owners raised the fate of a family mausoleum on the ranch. (Cowboy State Daily, April 27, 2026)

  6. At the request of the developer's attorney, the council voted 9-1 to send the annexation back to committee and take it up again in September. (Wyoming Tribune Eagle via Wyoming News Exchange (News Letter Journal), April 29, 2026)

  7. The council's Public Services Committee voted 2-1 against recommending the annexation of about 1,260 acres for a data center. (Wyoming Tribune Eagle via Wyoming News Exchange (News Letter Journal), April 29, 2026)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Acreage varies: the annexation covers about 1,198 acres (Tribune Eagle; Y95 Country gives 1,197.76), while the ranch is described as about 1,260 acres (Tribune Eagle in April; Cowboy State Daily).
  • The April 27 vote to send the annexation back to committee was 9-1 per the Tribune Eagle; Cowboy State Daily (Sept. 2026) described it as unanimous.
  • The second-reading date (Sept. 14) follows from the Tribune Eagle's report of a Monday vote published Sept. 17 and the scheduled council date.
  • Coordinates are approximate, placed from the reported location (west of Roundtop Road, along Happy Jack Road); the parcel was not mapped.
  • Cheyenne LEADS lists the site as planned ('ViaWest/SkyBox - Happy Jack').

The full record

Status note
Cheyenne City Council annexed the land and rezoned it from agricultural to business park on third reading, 8-2, on Sept. 28, 2026; in August the developers said groundbreaking was at least a year away even with approvals.
Power note
No power figure has been published by the developers or the city.
Evidence
News reports; primary records not yet obtained
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.