NorthWestern Energy announced this week that it has signed a letter of intent to provide up to 1,000 megawatts of energy to a data center under development by Quantica Infrastructure, a recently launched commercial enterprise that seeks to build “resilient network solutions for AI.”

To supply that much power to Quantica with its existing resources, NorthWestern would have to use virtually every megawatt of electricity the power plants it currently owns are capable of generating , including the newly constructed Yellowstone County Generating Station in Laurel.

NorthWestern, Montana’s largest regulated utility, wrote in a press release that the collaboration “reflects our commitment to innovation, economic development and delivering high-quality energy services.”

“We’re actively worki

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