How big is Parker Data Center?

Not disclosed. No source on file gives its capacity, its acreage or a count of buildings. What the record holds instead is under Disclosed.

Who is building Parker Data Center?

Not disclosed. No source on file names the developer. The sources read for this record are listed under Sources.

Who will use Parker Data Center?

Not disclosed. No source on file names a tenant, says whether the site is single or multi tenant, or states what it is for. The record keeps the use as not disclosed until one does; see Who it serves.

How much power and water does Parker Data Center say it needs?

Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.

Where does Parker Data Center stand today?

It is reported; the date it reached that stage is not sourced, only the day a page was read. No dated entry is on the record yet.

What has Parker or Douglas County decided about it?

Douglas County: Douglas County took a new data center approach (reported August 12, 2026, source); and Douglas County: Tax rebate agreement provides 100% rebate for Douglas County's share of business personal property taxes over 35 years (reported August 11, 2026, source). 4 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

What is still unknown about Parker Data Center?

Not disclosed by any source on file: how much power it needs, how much water it would use, how loud it would be, jobs once it runs, tax it would pay each year, who is building it, who is constructing it, how much land, where its power comes from, grid connection, how it is cooled. No missing primary document is listed for this record yet; What the record lacks is where one appears when a person names it.

Reported Built from one source

Parker Data Center

A large data center project approved for Parker, Colorado has drawn opposition from local residents. It is reported; the record holds no sourced date for when it reached that stage.

How much power it needs, how much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.

Last verified September 17, 2026 · 3 sources, 0 primary · A skeleton record: built from one source, not yet reviewed in depth by a person. · How to read this page

How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.

What is known

Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.

Land: Not disclosed
Power it would draw: Not disclosed; Reported by others: 300 MW (www.cbsnews.com). Their figure, not the record's.
Water: Not disclosed
Who leads it: Not disclosed
Who would use it: Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs: Not disclosed
Tax each year: Not disclosed

Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)

Impact figures

Field	Value	Who says so	Source	Last verified
How much power it needs	Not disclosed
How much water it would use	Not disclosed
How loud it would be	Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs	Not disclosed
Tax it would pay each year	Not disclosed

The record's fields

Field	Value	Who says so	Source	Last verified
Who is building it	Not disclosed
Who is constructing it	Not disclosed
How much land	Not disclosed
Where its power comes from	Not disclosed
Grid connection	Not disclosed
How it is cooled	Not disclosed

How much power it needs, also reported: 300 MW, 2026 (www.cbsnews.com: Small modular reactors can produce up to 300 megawatts of power, while microreactors can produce up to 20 megawatts) .

Jobs once it runs, also reported: 16 jobs, 2026 (Denver Gazette: County documents estimate the facility will create 16 permanent jobs) .

The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.

Still not public, and where it would show up

The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.

Water useA state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
Who would use itA lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
Power the campus would drawA utility or public service commission docket, an interconnection filing, or an air permit for an on site plant.
Who is behind itA land record, a zoning application or a company's own announcement.
Jobs and taxAn incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.

What was decided

Acts of Douglas County and Parker about data centers, on the record with their source. A rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

Date	Who	Decision	Source
Reported August 12, 2026	Douglas County	Douglas County took a new data center approach	govtech.com
Reported August 11, 2026	Douglas County	Tax rebate agreement provides 100% rebate for Douglas County's share of business personal property taxes over 35 years	denvergazette.com
Reported August 11, 2026	Douglas County	Douglas County commissioners to consider $19.3 million tax rebate for Flexential data center in Parker	denvergazette.com
Reported July 13, 2026	Douglas County	Douglas County commissioners directed staff to explore cost of feasibility study on small modular nuclear reactors and microreactors to meet AI and data center power needs	cbsnews.com

What happened

No dated entry is on the record yet.

9 corrections to this record

2 source tier relabels, September 23
1 record field corrected, September 23
6 history entries taken off this record, September 17

Every correction, with its reason

September 23, 2026 · the status of a projects row

The stage was set by timeline entries that were returned to draft on 2026-09-17 (they had been published onto the record while it was still a draft skeleton). With no published entry behind it the record reads rumored until one is approved. The old and new text.
September 23, 2026 · the kind of source of a history entry

The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
September 23, 2026 · the kind of source of a history entry

The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
September 17, 2026 · the draft of a status history row

Published on a project that was still a draft skeleton and still short of the record's skeleton minimum rule; returned to draft on 2026-09-17 pending the project meeting the rule or a person's approval. The old and new text.
September 17, 2026 · the draft of a status history row

Published on a project that was still a draft skeleton and still short of the record's skeleton minimum rule; returned to draft on 2026-09-17 pending the project meeting the rule or a person's approval. The old and new text.
September 17, 2026 · the draft of a status history row

Published on a project that was still a draft skeleton and still short of the record's skeleton minimum rule; returned to draft on 2026-09-17 pending the project meeting the rule or a person's approval. The old and new text.
September 17, 2026 · the draft of a status history row

Published on a project that was still a draft skeleton and still short of the record's skeleton minimum rule; returned to draft on 2026-09-17 pending the project meeting the rule or a person's approval. The old and new text.
September 17, 2026 · the draft of a status history row

Published on a project that was still a draft skeleton and still short of the record's skeleton minimum rule; returned to draft on 2026-09-17 pending the project meeting the rule or a person's approval. The old and new text.
September 17, 2026 · the draft of a status history row

Published on a project that was still a draft skeleton and still short of the record's skeleton minimum rule; returned to draft on 2026-09-17 pending the project meeting the rule or a person's approval. The old and new text.

Every correction on the record is on the corrections page.

The site

Where in Douglas County is not in the public record. The pin marks the county seat, not a building, and the outline is the county.

This record: Proposed, ringed
data center
Dashed edge: the exact site is not in the public record
Smaller pins: 12 other published records in Colorado

Details

this record's location, ringed
parcel outline, from the county parcel record
city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
county boundary

The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.

Where: Parker, Douglas County, Colorado
How exactly it is located: County level, the county seat
The parcel: No parcel outline in the public record
Nearest homes: Not computed for a record placed at a place center
Nearest records: Nearest records are not computed for a record placed at a county seat.

Comparisons

2 metrics with more than one figure

Every figure on the record for the same thing, the record's own or the document's first, each with who gave it, its date and its basis.

Capacity at full buildout

1 figure, 1 source

Not disclosedNot disclosed

No filing or developer document on the record states one.

300 MWReported

www.cbsnews.com, Jul 13, 2026

Show each source's words

300 MW, www.cbsnews.com: Small modular reactors can produce up to 300 megawatts of power, while microreactors can produce up to 20 megawatts

Permanent jobs

1 figure, 1 source

Not disclosedNot disclosed

No filing or developer document on the record states one.

16 jobsEstimate

Denver Gazette, Aug 11, 2026

Show each source's words

16 jobs, Denver Gazette: County documents estimate the facility will create 16 permanent jobs

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The county Douglas County 1 project on the record. The state Data centers in Colorado Every Colorado project, the rules on the record and what comes next.

Questions about this project

7 questions answered from the record

Answered from the rows on this page.

How big is Parker Data Center?: Not disclosed. No source on file gives its capacity, its acreage or a count of buildings. What the record holds instead is under Disclosed.
Who is building Parker Data Center?: Not disclosed. No source on file names the developer. The sources read for this record are listed under Sources.
Who will use Parker Data Center?: Not disclosed. No source on file names a tenant, says whether the site is single or multi tenant, or states what it is for. The record keeps the use as not disclosed until one does; see Who it serves.
How much power and water does Parker Data Center say it needs?: Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
Where does Parker Data Center stand today?: It is reported; the date it reached that stage is not sourced, only the day a page was read. No dated entry is on the record yet.
What has Parker or Douglas County decided about it?: Douglas County: Douglas County took a new data center approach (reported August 12, 2026, source); and Douglas County: Tax rebate agreement provides 100% rebate for Douglas County's share of business personal property taxes over 35 years (reported August 11, 2026, source). 4 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.
What is still unknown about Parker Data Center?: Not disclosed by any source on file: how much power it needs, how much water it would use, how loud it would be, jobs once it runs, tax it would pay each year, who is building it, who is constructing it, how much land, where its power comes from, grid connection, how it is cooled. No missing primary document is listed for this record yet; What the record lacks is where one appears when a person names it.

Sources

Primary documents first: filings, minutes, dockets and official pages. Then reporting. The numbers are the ones the entries above cite.

Reporting

One of the state’s largest data centers is coming to Parker. Some locals aren’t happy. - Rocky Mountain PBS, Rocky Mountain PBS, June 15, 2026, local outlet
Leaders in Colorado's Douglas County exploring nuclear energy options, www.cbsnews.com, July 13, 2026, local outlet
Parker data center could get $19M tax rebate from Douglas County - Denver Gazette, Denver Gazette, August 11, 2026, local outlet

3 sources on file.

Cite this record

Data Center Record, "Parker Data Center", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/parker-data-center-co, last verified September 17, 2026.

Last verified September 17, 2026, first recorded September 5, 2026. Every correction is logged on the corrections page and under What happened.

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Slug: parker-data-center-co
Status value: rumored
Stage: Proposed
Tier: skeleton
Tags: skeleton
Place id: us/co/douglas-county/parker
Coordinates: 39.3722, -104.856
Location precision: county
Location source: County seat (Castle Rock), Wikidata, placed at county level
Coordinate source: wikidata county seat
Location source number: Not disclosed
Location last verified: September 16, 2026
EPA registry id: Not disclosed
Use type values: not_disclosed
Tenancy value: not_disclosed
Cooling type value: not_disclosed
Capacity basis: not_disclosed
Water basis: not_disclosed, gallons_per_day
Acreage basis: Not disclosed
Interconnection value: not_disclosed
Capacity, if disclosed: Not disclosed
Rating of the county's rows: Not disclosed
Published: 2026-09-05
Last verified: 2026-09-17