Data-center buildout in Montana, as reported

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Date	Source	Story	Location	Slug
Oct 1	Goldwater Institute	Missoula County Has Put Property Rights on Pause↗ Goldwater Institute Siting−, Denied or halted	Missoula County, MT	us/mt/missoula
Oct 1	Montana Standard	With no ballot question, Butte will begin crafting potential temporary data center ban↗ Montana Standardalso carried by 3 other outlets Siting−, Denied or halted	Butte-Silver Bow County, MT (named in coverage)	—
Sep 29	Billings Gazette ($)	DEQ begins public comment period on Quantica's water supply↗ Billings Gazette ($) Water	Montana Yellowstone County, MT	us/mt us/mt/yellowstone
Sep 24	Billings Gazette ($)	Yellowstone County approves revised initiative meant to force regulations of data centers↗ Billings Gazette ($)also carried by 1 other outlet Water−, Denied or halted	Yellowstone County, MT	us/mt/yellowstone
Sep 24	EIN News	Governor Moore Signs Executive Order Codifying Responsible Data Center Development Framework, Calls to Repeal Tax Exemption↗ EIN News Subsidies−, Denied or halted	Montana	us/mt
Sep 23	Bozeman Daily Chronicle ($)	How Montana’s ‘Right to Compute Act’ stymies data center regulation↗ Bozeman Daily Chronicle ($) More coverage: billingsgazette.com Water−, Denied or haltedSiting−, Denied or halted	Montana Yellowstone County, MT	us/mt us/mt/yellowstone
Sep 19	thegazette.com ($)	MONTANA: Data Center concerns dominate Custer County zoning hearing↗ thegazette.com ($) Siting	Custer County, MT	us/mt/custer
Sep 18	Montana Free Press	Broadview area data center sees first phase of construction with roads, well work↗ Montana Free Press Water+, Approved or advancing	Yellowstone County, MT Missoula County, MT	us/mt/yellowstone us/mt/missoula
Sep 18	Montana Standard	Missoula closes data center ‘loophole,’ amid other development code changes↗ Montana Standardalso carried by 2 other outlets Siting−, Denied or halted	City of Missoula, MT	us/mt/missoula/city/missoula
Sep 12	KTVQ	Construction begins at proposed Broadview data center site↗ KTVQ Water+, Approved or advancing	Yellowstone County, MT	us/mt/yellowstone
Sep 11	Billings Gazette ($)	Quantica obtains mineral rights for Broadview data center project↗ Billings Gazette ($) Power and grid+, Approved or advancing	Yellowstone County, MT Town of Broadview, MT	us/mt/yellowstone us/mt/yellowstone/town/broadview
Sep 10	Fairfield Sun Times	Missoula County to prepare data center study after passing one-year moratorium↗ Fairfield Sun Timesalso carried by 1 other outlet Siting−, Denied or halted	Missoula County, MT	us/mt/missoula
Sep 4	Ravalli Republic	Butte council to weigh data center moratorium↗ Ravalli Republicalso carried by 2 other outlets More coverage: KPAX News · montanarightnow.com Siting−, Denied or halted	Butte-Silver Bow County, MT (named in coverage) Silver Bow County, MT	— us/mt/silver-bow
Sep 4	Griffon News	Candidates in Montana's Eastern Congressional race discuss data centers↗ Griffon Newsalso carried by 1 other outlet Water	Yellowstone County, MT Montana	us/mt/yellowstone us/mt
Sep 3	Montana Free Press	Top employees for data center company eyeing Yellowstone County made matching political donations before announcing plans↗ Montana Free Press Subsidies+, Approved or advancing	Yellowstone County, MT Montana	us/mt/yellowstone us/mt
Sep 2	Big News Network.com	Montana data center fight continues in Yellowstone County↗ Big News Network.comalso carried by 1 other outlet More coverage: Yahoo · thecooldown.com SitingWaterSubsidies	Yellowstone County, MT	us/mt/yellowstone

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