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Plans For Experimental Data Plant Move Forward

On Monday Cheyenne's City Council approved a development agreement for Microsoft's Data Plant Demonstration Project.

The plant would test sewage as a power source using a fuel cell. It would be built next to the Dry Creek Water Reclamation Facility.

"This is a great opportunity for Cheyenne and for Wyoming" says Anja Bendel, Cheyenne LEADS. "It's really an opportunity to partner with Microsoft, Fuel Cell Energy, the university..."

Mayor Rick Kaysen is a big supporter of the plant. "I'm looking forward to the results" he says.

Bendel is looking forward to the results too. "If we can make it work on a small scale, this might be something Microsoft can use on a large scale on an actual center" she says.

If the demonstration plant goes through, Microsoft hopes to break ground in March.

The experiment would run 18 months.