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Data centers in Butte-Silver Bow, Montana

No data center in Butte-Silver Bow is on the record yet; the page exists because the city has a scorecard row. Butte-Silver Bow has a scorecard row with no rating yet. The latest decision on the record: Montana Supreme Court vacated its injunction on a Butte Silver Bow data center ballot initiative, September 24, 2026. Silver Bow County's own decisions are on the Silver Bow County page.

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What Butte-Silver Bow has decided

1 body, 8 decisions on the record

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  1. Butte-Silver Bowcity

    Montana Supreme Court granted an injunction allowing a data center ballot initiative to appear on November ballots in Butte Silver Bow, reported September 23, 2026.

    mtstandard.com local outlet

    no published rating
    8 acts on this row
    1. litigation

      Montana Supreme Court granted an injunction allowing a data center ballot initiative to appear on November ballots in Butte Silver Bow

      mtstandard.com local outlet

    2. litigation

      Montana Supreme Court ordered Butte Silver Bow to certify Local Initiative 00-02 for the November 3, 2026 ballot despite deadline dispute

      fairfieldsuntimes.com local outlet

      Also reported by 1 source
    3. litigation

      A Butte judge ruled against 406 People First in its lawsuit over a data center ballot initiative signature dispute.

      facebook.com local outlet

    4. litigation

      Judge Joseph ordered both sides to file briefings by 5 p.m. on Monday before making a final decision on whether equitable estoppel applies

      nbcmontana.com local outlet

    5. event

      Election Administrator Cindy Sherman initially gave residents a deadline of August 14 to collect signatures for the data center initiative, then changed it retroactively to July 13

      nbcmontana.com local outlet

    6. litigation

      District Court Judge Frank Joseph heard arguments on whether a ballot initiative to limit data center building on the November ballot in Butte-Silver Bow

      nbcmontana.com local outlet

    7. litigation

      District Court Judge Frank Joseph issued a temporary restraining order on August 12, 2026, while matter wound through courts but on August 28 sided with Butte Silver Bow

      dailymontanan.com local outlet

    8. referendum

      Local Initiative 00-02 was proposed on April 29, 2026, requiring 3,652 valid signatures by August 14, 2026 to qualify for the ballot

      fairfieldsuntimes.com local outlet

    Last verified September 24, 2026.

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  1. · Butte-Silver Bow

    Litigation: Montana Supreme Court granted an injunction allowing a data center ballot initiative to appear on November ballots in Butte Silver Bow mtstandard.com local outlet

  2. · Butte-Silver Bow

    Litigation: Montana Supreme Court ordered Butte Silver Bow to certify Local Initiative 00-02 for the November 3, 2026 ballot despite deadline dispute fairfieldsuntimes.com local outlet

  3. · Butte-Silver Bow

    Litigation: A Butte judge ruled against 406 People First in its lawsuit over a data center ballot initiative signature dispute. facebook.com local outlet

  4. · Butte-Silver Bow

    Litigation: Judge Joseph ordered both sides to file briefings by 5 p.m. on Monday before making a final decision on whether equitable estoppel applies nbcmontana.com local outlet

  5. · Butte-Silver Bow

    Scorecard event: Election Administrator Cindy Sherman initially gave residents a deadline of August 14 to collect signatures for the data center initiative, then changed it retroactively to July 13 nbcmontana.com local outlet

  6. · Butte-Silver Bow

    Litigation: District Court Judge Frank Joseph heard arguments on whether a ballot initiative to limit data center building on the November ballot in Butte-Silver Bow nbcmontana.com local outlet

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Data Center Record, "Data centers in Butte-Silver Bow, Silver Bow County, Montana", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/mt/silver-bow-county/butte-silver-bow, updated September 24, 2026.

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