Data centers in Butte-Silver Bow County, Montana
No data center in Butte-Silver Bow County is on the record yet; the page exists because the county has a scorecard row. Butte-Silver Bow County has a scorecard row with no rating yet. The latest decision on the record: Montana Supreme Court vacated an injunction that temporarily prevented a proposed data center ballot initiative from appearing on the November ballot in Butte-Silver Bow County, September 24, 2026.
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No data center in Butte-Silver Bow County yet
No data center is on the record in Butte-Silver Bow County yet. The first published record in Butte-Silver Bow County puts it on the map and in the list here.
What Butte-Silver Bow County has decided
1 body, 15 decisions on the recordWhat the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.
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- Butte-Silver Bow Countycounty
Montana Supreme Court granted injunction on September 23, 2026 allowing ballot initiative to appear on November ballots requiring two thirds voter approval for future data centers in Butte-Silver Bow County, September 23, 2026.
15 acts on this row
- litigation
Montana Supreme Court granted injunction on September 23, 2026 allowing ballot initiative to appear on November ballots requiring two thirds voter approval for future data centers in Butte-Silver Bow County
- litigation
Montana Supreme Court ruled on September 22 that Butte data center citizens initiative can appear on November ballot
Also reported by 1 source
- montanafreepress.org local outlet
- moratorium
Butte-Silver Bow County Commissioner Michele Shea requested the council of commissioners' support in directing County Attorney Matt Enrooth to draft a potential temporary moratorium on data centers.
- litigation
Judge Joseph cited state statute 13-28-206 establishing July 13 deadline for signatures; county erroneously gave August 14 deadline
- litigation
District court judge Frank Joseph upheld Butte-Silver Bow clerk's decision to nullify ballot initiative by 406 People First requiring two thirds majority vote on data center proposals
- referendum
Both petitioners and county officials missed statutorily prescribed deadlines for placing the ballot question
- litigation
District Judge Frank Joseph ruled that statutory deadlines prevent a data center question from appearing on the November 2026 ballot
- litigation
District Court Judge Frank Joseph heard lawsuit filed by 406 People First against Butte-Silver Bow over signature deadline discrepancy for data center ballot initiative
- litigation
Judge ordered more briefing on issue before ruling on case next week, after Billings judge sided with county in similar case last week
- litigation
District Court Judge Frank Joseph requested more information before deciding lawsuit over rejected data center ballot initiative signatures
- litigation
Butte-Silver Bow County Clerk and Recorder Cynthia Sherman named as defendant in lawsuit over rejected ballot initiative signatures
- referendum
406 People First group collected 3,652 signatures on ballot initiative to vote on data centers that were accepted by county clerk on July 31 but rejected on August 10 as not meeting requirements of Montana law adopted in late 2025
- litigation
406 People First filed an injunction lawsuit after county rejection on August 12, 2026
- referendum
County officials rejected the petition citing a new Montana law that called into question the signature deadline
- litigation
District Judge Frank Joseph ruled in August 2026 that signatures collected for the initiative were not filed on time because a 2025 law moved the deadline up by about a month
- litigation
What happened
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· Butte-Silver Bow County
Litigation: Montana Supreme Court granted injunction on September 23, 2026 allowing ballot initiative to appear on November ballots requiring two thirds voter approval for future data centers in Butte-Silver Bow County yourwyominglink.com local outlet
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· Butte-Silver Bow County
Litigation: Montana Supreme Court ruled on September 22 that Butte data center citizens initiative can appear on November ballot kbzk.com local outlet
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· Butte-Silver Bow County
Moratorium: Butte-Silver Bow County Commissioner Michele Shea requested the council of commissioners' support in directing County Attorney Matt Enrooth to draft a potential temporary moratorium on data centers. missoulian.com local outlet
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· Butte-Silver Bow County
Litigation: Judge Joseph cited state statute 13-28-206 establishing July 13 deadline for signatures; county erroneously gave August 14 deadline montanarightnow.com local outlet
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· Butte-Silver Bow County
Litigation: District court judge Frank Joseph upheld Butte-Silver Bow clerk's decision to nullify ballot initiative by 406 People First requiring two thirds majority vote on data center proposals montanarightnow.com local outlet
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· Butte-Silver Bow County
Referendum: Both petitioners and county officials missed statutorily prescribed deadlines for placing the ballot question mtstandard.com local outlet
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Butte-Silver Bow County, Montana", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/mt/butte-silver-bow-county, updated September 24, 2026.
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