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Nonprofit leader disputes energy company’s claim that data centers benefit Montana

Peyton| March 10, 2025| News

By David Erickson, Missoulian

 

The leader of an environmental advocacy organization in Montana says she strongly disputes a claim by NorthWestern Energy that bringing electricity-hungry data centers to Montana will be beneficial.

“We’re incentivizing data centers to take our power and to not pay much in taxes,” said Anne Hedges, the executive director of the nonprofit Montana Environmental Information Center, based in Helena.

 

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