22 data centers and projects on our map in Colorado, including 6 projects we track in detail. Each one links to its source. Below: where they are by county, the projects in the news, and the latest reporting from both sides.
See Colorado on the map. Existing facilities come from OpenStreetMap, a community-maintained public map that is incomplete; proposed, under construction and blocked projects are tracked one by one from news, filings and official records.
Blocked, paused or withdrawn City adopted a one year moratorium on data center development
Denver, Denver County
Denver adopted a one year pause on data center development after the city council apologized for approving a facility in a neighborhood that already carried a heavy pollution burden. Larimer and Logan counties in Colorado adopted their own moratoriums in the same period.
Issues raised: air-pollution, zoning, power, opposition
Blocked, paused or withdrawn Moratorium adopted 3-0 by Mesa County commissioners on 2026-09-29
Grand Junction, Mesa
announced 2026-09-29
Mesa County commissioners enacted a moratorium on new data center applications while the county updates its land development code. No active data center proposals existed in the county at the time of the vote.
Issues raised: zoning, water, power
Source: Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, 2026-09-30 · On the map
Proposed Under city review; opposition packed Aurora council 2026-09-28
Aurora, Adams · Operator: Vantage Data Centers
500 MW · announced 2025-08-25
Vantage Data Centers has proposed a two-story, 1.5-million-square-foot data center on 108 acres at the northwest corner of E-470 and East 48th Avenue in Aurora, with 334 MW of IT capacity and roughly 500 MW of total electrical demand. Residents from Green Valley Ranch and a nearby 55-plus community said they were not notified until early September.
Issues raised: power, opposition, noise, zoning, character
Proposed Rezoning application filed September 2026 for use by right development
Aurora, Adams · Operator: Vantage Data Centers
500 MW · announced 2026-09-21
Vantage has filed for a use by right rezoning on 143 acres near E 470 and East 48th Avenue to build two buildings totaling roughly 862,000 square feet with 334 megawatts of IT capacity and about 500 megawatts of total demand. Aurora zoning does not require a public hearing for data centers.
Issues raised: power, transmission, zoning, transparency, opposition
Proposed council postponed appeal decision to April 13, 2027
Colorado Springs, El Paso · Operator: Raeden
50 MW
Raeden proposes a 50 megawatt AI data center at a former chip manufacturing site near Garden of the Gods Road and Centennial Boulevard. The Colorado Springs City Council delayed a vote on citizen appeals to April 2027 after a hearing where 126 people signed up to oppose the project and 22 to support it.
Issues raised: noise, power, water, opposition
Proposed 41 acre first phase approved 5 to 0 by county commissioners; sued by neighboring landowner October 8 2026
Windsor, Weld · Operator: GlobalAI
announced 2026-10-08
Weld County commissioners approved the first phase of a GlobalAI data center on the former Kodak and Carestream campus outside Greeley. Neighbors who own the adjacent Great Western Industrial Park filed suit alleging rule changes to accommodate the project and three stop work orders during unpermitted construction.
Issues raised: water, power, noise, opposition, zoning
Broe Companies, owner of the adjacent 3,000 acre Great Western Industrial Park, and other plaintiffs sued Weld County and GlobalAI alleging commissioners improperly helped the developer line up electric power, changed county rules to fit the project, and ignored three stop work orders issued after construction began without permits. Weld County commissioners had approved the 41 acre first phase 5 to 0 at the former Eastman Kodak and Carestream site outside Greeley. The county and developer have not yet filed a response in court.
Check it: This is a complaint by a competing landowner; the allegations have not been tested in court.
The Mesa County Board of Commissioners voted 3 to 0 on September 29 to enact a moratorium on new data center applications while the county updates its land development code to address power, water and noise. There are no active data center proposals in Mesa County.
Check it: Check the moratorium's length and whether it covers unincorporated county only or also includes municipalities within Mesa County.
About 100 residents filled Aurora council chambers and 40 spoke against Vantage Data Centers' proposed Trident campus, a 1.5-million-square-foot, two-story project on 108 acres near Green Valley Ranch designed for 334 MW of IT capacity and about 500 MW of total electrical demand. The city attorney said the project can be approved administratively if it meets industrial-zone standards.
Check it: The council did not vote; the application is undergoing city review with comments due back to Vantage by the end of September.
Planning documents filed with Aurora show Vantage Data Centers seeking a use by right rezoning for a 143 acre site near E 470 and East 48th Avenue to build two buildings totaling roughly 862,000 square feet, with 334 megawatts of IT capacity and about 500 megawatts of total electrical demand. At full buildout, the campus would use about 11 times the power of Denver International Airport. Because Aurora allows data centers by right in the zone, no public hearing is required. The property sits in a residential area of the city's third largest population center.
Check it: Whether Aurora requires any further public review before the rezoning takes effect and how the local utility will serve the load.
The Colorado Springs City Council voted 7 to 2 to delay a final decision on the proposed Raeden Project Taurus data center until April 13, 2027, after a lengthy public hearing that ended with three arrests. Council members supporting the delay cited the need to draft data center rules and negotiate a large load contract, while two dissenters said they were ready to reject the project.
Check it: The vote postpones rather than approves or rejects the project. Council composition can shift in the April 2027 municipal election, which could change the outcome.
The Colorado Sun reports on a new Magellan Strategies survey of 1,389 registered Colorado voters that finds 82 percent oppose a data center in their city or town, and 55 percent favor a ban on all new data center construction. Industry voices in the piece argue the projects deliver tax base and workforce, while opponents say the polling reflects hardening public sentiment across parties.
Check it: Magellan Strategies is a Republican-leaning firm. The poll was conducted online August 26 to September 2 with a margin of error of about 2.6 points.
The Colorado Springs City Council voted 7 to 2 to postpone until April 13, 2027 a decision on appeals of the 50 megawatt Raeden Project Taurus data center at a former chip plant, one week after the city's next municipal election. About 126 residents signed up to speak against the project and 22 in support; four people were arrested during the meeting.
Check it: The council did not reject the appeal; the postponement means the underlying land use approvals remain in place until April.
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