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Lummis family could cash in on Microsoft data center expansion through Cheyenne land sales

Microsoft’s 3,200-acre plan could extend into about 6,000 acres owned by Cynthia Lummis’s family, raising questions about land sales and local oversight.

Summary by Oil City News
by Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile Thousands of acres southeast of Cheyenne owned by and associated with U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis lie in the path of Microsoft’s planned data center expansion, Laramie County property records show. One of Microsoft’s existing data centers — a climate-controlled warehouse of computers, data storage and networks — sits southeast of Cheyenne on land the company purchased from the Lummis family in 2021. In April, the S…

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WyoFile broke the news on Friday, May 29, 2026.
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