By Renée Jean
Publication Date: 2026-06-09 21:04:00
It was yet another data-center dominated night for the Cheyenne City Council at its regular session Monday night, with intense, sometimes emotional public testimony on a proposed, roughly 3,460-acre annexation south of the Sweetgrass subdivision and east of South Greeley Highway.
City staff and Microsoft representatives who were present confirmed the annexation is being advanced to support future expansion of data centers.
No annexation vote was taken. The routine item, which was initially part of a consent agenda, was a referral to the Public Service Committee.
Out-Of-Date Plan
Ward 1 Councilman Larry Wolfe requested the council take the proposed annexation off the consent agenda so it could be discussed separately.
The area, Wolfe contended, should not be treated the same as a 2-acre parcel of land. He questioned annexing so much territory into the city at once when there are no specific plans yet attached to it, even as the city is getting ready to update its long-range…
