Ceremony To Mark Biogas-powered Microsoft Data Plant Operation
Ceremony To Mark Biogas-powered Microsoft Data Plant Operation CHEYENNE, Wyoming (October 30, 2014) –The dedication event of Microsoft’s zero-carbon, waste-to-energy-powered Data Plant on November 6 in Cheyenne marks an advancement in Wyoming’s position as a partner in innovation and advanced energy deployment. Wyoming can now add biogas fuel cell power to its technology and energy […]
Read MoreGoogle calls Cheyenne the digital capital of Wyoming
CHEYENNE – According to Google, the state capital is also the digital capital of Wyoming by having the strongest online business community in the state to outpace Casper, Google’s 2013 eCity. “These cities’ businesses are using the Web to find new customers, connect with existing customers and fuel their local economies,” Google’s statement on the […]
Read MoreCheyenne LEADS Board Member Receives Community Spirit Award
CHEYENNE – A well-respected Cheyenne attorney whose lifelong passion for civic service was kindled by his early participation in the Boy Scouts has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Wyoming Tribune Eagle’s Community Spirit Award. Gregory C. Dyekman will be presented with the award at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Cheyenne […]
Read MoreCheyenne Prairie Generating Station Fires Up
Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power has fired up and synchronized its three new turbine generators up for the first time, a key milestone for its first natural gas power generating station in Wyoming. “This is the first time energy from the station was placed onto the electrical grid for load testing, and our success marks […]
Read MoreSLIB votes to reduce grant award for Laramie County at special meeting
The Wyoming State Loan and Investment Board (SLIB) voted this morning to reduce the amount of a previously approved Business Ready Community (BRC) grant for Laramie County. The SLIB voted 4-1 to modify Laramie County’s award amount to $8.3 million to acquire an existing building in the Cheyenne Business Parkway for the recruitment of firearms […]
Read MoreMagpul Moving Forward on Beginning Operations in Cheyenne
CHEYENNE – Magpul Industries, an ammunition-magazine and gun-accessory manufacturer, is backing away from a $13.9 million plan to construct a custom facility in favor of purchasing an extant building in Cheyenne. Magpul in February vicariously through Laramie County scored a $13 million large infrastructure grant and loan combination from the Wyoming Business Council as part […]
Read MoreCheyenne WY Home To Regions Fastest Growing Industrial Energy Park
The Swan Ranch Industrial Park, located 4 miles North of the Colorado border, has just hit another major milestone. The first unit train consisting of 133 crude cars came in on the Union Pacific Railroad for loading. The rail expansion project now connects two main line railroads – the Union Pacific Railroad and the Burlington […]
Read MoreCheyenne gets new Komatsu dealer
CHEYENNE – A Denver-based construction-equipment distributor that deals in Komatsu machinery will open its first location in Wyoming by Sept. 1. Power Motive Corp. has had the location in the works for some time, with Randy Bruns of Cheyenne LEADS saying at Wyoming Business Report’s 2014 Economic Forecast Lunch in November 2013 that the company […]
Read MoreWyoming ranked No. 2 for business
CHEYENNE – According to a study released Tuesday, Wyoming is the No. 2 most business-friendly state in the nation behind only Utah. The state ranked No. 5 in last year’s study by the independent economic research firm Pollina Corporate Real Estate, and the No. 2 ranking is the highest Wyoming has ever achieved. California, a […]
Read MoreGovernor Joins ACT to Announce Installation of New Fiber Optic Line
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Matt Mead and Sheridan-based Advanced Communications Technology (ACT) are pleased to announce ACT is installing a new fiber optics line from Casper to the Colorado border. Governor Mead continues to further the expansion of broadband services. He has worked with Department of Transportation (WYDOT) to help companies by opening the existing […]
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