A massive 5,000-acre AI datacenter campus proposed by Quantica Infrastructure two miles south of Broadview, Montana, an agricultural town with fewer than 150 people. The future electrical demand is up to 7,000 megawatts, which is greater than the entire state. Construction is expected in 2026 with the first datacenter operating in 2029. Local townspeople are up in arms about its environmental impact. See
AI datacenter.
The Counter Arguments
Qauntica CEO John Chesser claims there will be a closed-loop cooling system that derives water from aquifers rather than rivers and noise will be eliminated by proper design. In addition, the Broadview campus will generate its own power via wind, solar and small nuclear reactors (see
small modular reactor).