The 2025 Rural Economic Development Retreat, will bring together 400–500 rural economic development leaders, practitioners, innovators and policymakers in Great Falls, Montana.
Wyoming has long been one of the nation’s largest energy producers, exporting 15 times more power than it consumes. But the state is struggling to provide power for its own economic development. The irony of that isn’t lost on Wendy Lopez, business recruitment manager for the Wyoming Business Council.
Representatives from TAC Data Centers announced Project Cardinal at the GFDA Annual Meeting—a $1 to $1.5+ billion hyperscale data center campus planned for Great Falls, Montana. The project will span 569 acres on an extension of the Great Falls AgriTech Park and marks a transformative investment in the region’s tech and energy future.
Wyoming has long been one of the nation’s largest energy producers, exporting 15 times more power than it consumes. But the state is struggling to provide power for its own economic development. The irony of that isn’t lost on Wendy Lopez, business recruitment manager for the Wyoming Business Council.
One week after its streaming debut, the video also racked up more than 3 million views on Kalshi’s X account. It’s also raising questions about how AI might reshape advertising budgets.
On a podcast released Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has been waving “giant offers” in an effort to poach talented employees from his San Francisco company. With the casual tone of a cashier ringing up a customer’s grocery total, Altman gave the offers’ specifics: “$100 million signing bonuses, more than that comp[ensation] per year.”
Those stepping up to fill education’s new C-suite role say it’s more than just understanding IT — it requires communication and skill-building across disciplines and comfort levels, and flexibility to create a road map.
Countries around the world offer tuition-free and low-tuition colleges. While many U.S. colleges cost tens of thousands in yearly tuition and fees, attending college in these 22 countries costs much less.
“HB 551 was a bipartisan bill and an opportunity to ensure no kid goes hungry in Montana’s schools,” said House Democratic Leader Katie Sullivan, D-Missoula, in a statement. “The Governor failed Montana students today, in particular the most vulnerable. Under the Governor’s watch, low-income kids will continue to enter into debt with their school cafeteria, skip meals, and go hungry in the classroom.”
