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Officials in the State of Wyoming are considering a $10m incentive package to offset cost for the mystery company behind Project Summit, a $112m data center construction project the company is planning to start either in Wyoming or in another location, Star-Tribune reported.

The incentive package consists of a $5m grant to subsidize the data center’s electricity and connectivity purchases for the first five years and another $5m to reimburse the company for civil construction work that will need to be done in association with the data center, such as clearing land and building roads.

In an interview with the Star-Tribune, Randy Bruns, a local economic-development official, indicated that the Fortune 100 company behind the project is so well-known that if it picks Wyoming, the state will get on the map of prime data center locations.

“That will get people’s attention,” he said. “It’s another certification to the world that this is a good location.”

The grants were proposed to off-set whatever advantages the other location the company is looking at has.

The grant proposal has to go through a final approval by the State Loan and Investment Board on Monday. The board is expected to take action on the incentives on Monday.

While the company is expected to invest $112m into Project Summit, the project’s economic impact is expected to reach more than $140m. The company has also indicated that if the data center is built, there is strong potential that it will continue expanding capacity at the site beyond what is planned today.