Mayor of Colorado Springs
Mayor Yemi Mobolade signed a Civility Pledge.
Project Taurus
Colorado Springs City Council scheduled a final hearing for Project Taurus, a controversial proposed data center, after appeals were denied by the Planning Commission and the project moved ahead. It is reported, as reported August 14, 2026. City Council will hear appeals to Project Taurus during a special meeting on September 17 at the Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts (reported August 14, 2026).
How much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.
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
- 50 MW
- third party estimate [11]
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Who leads it
- Raeden
- as stated by the source [12]
- 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 |
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| How much power it needs | 50 MW | third party estimate | [11] koaa.com | October 6, 2026 |
| 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 |
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| Who is building it | Raeden | as stated by the source | [12] yahoo.com | October 6, 2026 |
| 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 |
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.
- Jobs and taxAn incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.
What was decided
Acts of El Paso County and Colorado Springs 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 |
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| Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs City Council adopted a proclamation aimed at reclaiming civility in politics following the Project Taurus hearing disruption. | cpr.org | |
| Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs city council voted 7-2 to postpone the vote on Project Taurus from an earlier date to April 13, 2026. | cpr.org | |
| Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs city council voted 7-2 to delay Project Taurus decision until April 13, 2027 | yahoo.com | |
| Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs City Council postponed Project Taurus data center decision for six months in a 7-2 vote | koaa.com | |
| Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs City Council postponed a data center vote for six months in a 7-2 vote | koaa.com | |
| Colorado Springs | Planning Commission denied first round of appeals in July 2026 | kktv.com |
27 earlier decisions on the county's rows
| Date | Who | Decision | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Springs | Original motion to hold decision in March failed | kktv.com | |
| Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs City Council voted 7-2 to postpone Project Taurus appeals decision until April 13, 2027 | kktv.com | |
| Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs City Council voted to postpone appeals decision on Project Taurus until April 13, 2027 | krdo.com | |
| Colorado Springs | City council voted 7-2 to postpone Project Taurus decision until April 2027 and said they have unanswered questions about power purchase agreement and noise | kvor.com | |
| Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs City Council voted 7-2 to delay final decision on Project Taurus data center until at least April. | coloradosun.com | |
| Colorado Springs | Three people taken into custody at Project Taurus data center special City Council meeting on September 17, 2026 for causing a disturbance | yahoo.com | |
| Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs City Council held public hearing on data center on Thursday | gazette.com | |
| Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs City Council voted 7-2 to postpone the final decision on Project Taurus until April 13, 2027 | gazette.com | |
| Colorado Springs | Three people were arrested at Project Taurus City Council meeting on September 17, 2026 | kktv.com | |
| Colorado Springs | Four people arrested during Project Taurus City Council meeting on September 17, 2026 | krdo.com | |
| Colorado Springs | Four people arrested at Project Taurus City Council meeting on September 17, 2026: Caleb Miller charged with second degree assault on peace officer after biting; Christianna Miller charged with obstructing a peace officer; Jacob Wilkinson charged with misdemeanor theft of body worn camera; Wendy Jerado charged with obstruction and megaphone disruption | krdo.com | |
| Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs released data center development standards in recent months | krdo.com | |
| Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs City Council vote on Project Taurus data center appeal scheduled for Thursday, September 17, 2026 | krdo.com | |
| Colorado Springs | City council now hears second appeal of Project Taurus data center | koaa.com | |
| Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs City Council special meeting on Project Taurus scheduled for Thursday | gazette.com | |
| Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs Utilities created a large load rate process in 2025 | cpr.org | |
| Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs puts guardrails on new data centers | axios.com | |
| Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs adopted Community First Data Center Standards | coloradosprings.gov | |
| Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs City Council set a special meeting for Project Taurus data center decision | gazette.com | |
| Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs City Council set a date for Project Taurus data center final hearing | cpr.org | |
| Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs City Council will decide on Project Taurus data center | cpr.org | |
| Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs Planning Commissioners rejected activists' attempt to stop a data center | pikespeakbulletin.org | |
| Colorado Springs | Planning Commission rejected appeals of proposed data center in Colorado Springs | gazette.com | |
| Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs Planning Commission denied appeals in Project Taurus data center | krdo.com | |
| Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs Planning Commission rejected resident appeals against proposed artificial intelligence data center off Garden of the Gods Road in a 6-2 vote on Thursday | coloradopolitics.com | |
| Colorado Springs | Data center approval in Colorado Springs was appealed by residents | cpr.org | |
| Colorado Springs | Data center on Garden of the Gods Road administratively approved by Colorado Springs | gazette.com |
What happened
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Project Taurus received conditional approval in August 2026 from planning commission [12]
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New hearing scheduled for after April 2027 election [16]
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New hearing set for after April 2027 election [13]
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City planning department approved Raeden's Project Taurus application in June 2026 [15]
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Planning Commission approved Raeden's Project Taurus application in June 2026 [14]
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Project Taurus decision postponed until April 13, 2027, one week after municipal election. [10]
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Colorado Springs City Council voted 7-2 to postpone decision on Project Taurus. [10]
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Four people arrested at Colorado Springs City Council meeting on Project Taurus proposal on September 17, 2026 after altercation with police [9]
14 earlier entries
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Colorado Springs City Council voted 7-2 to postpone final decision on Project Taurus until April 13, 2027 [8]
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Raeden plans to build a 30 foot sound wall to help reduce noise from Project Taurus [7]
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Project Taurus data center would use a closed loop cooling system to help with water usage [7]
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Project Taurus requires closed loop water cooling system [11], also KOAA News 5 local outlet
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Project Taurus redevelopment plan was approved by city planning [11]
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City expects more than 100 spoken comments and significant public attendance [6]
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Project Taurus is in a 25 year old building designed for industrial use [5]
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Planning Commission added restrictions to Project Taurus including capping power usage and requiring disclosure of utility use for first 10 years of operation. [4]
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City Council will hear appeals to Project Taurus during a special meeting on September 17 at the Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts. [4]
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Project Taurus concerns guided the six point standards [3]
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Appeals to the approval are due before 5pm on June 22, 2026 [2]
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Raeden is the developer of Project Taurus [2]
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Project Taurus covers approximately 22 acres at 1565 High Tech Way in Colorado Springs [2]
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Project Taurus received approval from Colorado Springs Planning Department on June 11, 2026 [2]
The full Project Taurus timeline, in order
15 corrections to this record
Every correction, with its reason
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· the kind of source of a history entry
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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.
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· 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.
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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.
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· 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.
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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.
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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.
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Tier after resolution (2026-09-21). The source on file is cpr.org, the publisher's own page. The item reached the record through Google News: "data center" Colorado, which the record carries at tier 1, and the approve copied the feed's tier onto this row. The tier now comes from the outlet, which the record already carries at tier 4 on 1 row of monitoring_sources. DECISIONS section 7. The speaker, the claim, the date and the url are unchanged. The day's label corrections.
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· 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.
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· 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.
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· 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.
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· 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.
What was said
Lynette Crow Iverson, Colorado Springs City Council President, signed a Civility Pledge.
Jason Green, CEO of Raeden, said council did a poor job keeping the crowd civil and questioned why the mayor was not in attendance.
Every statement about data centers in Colorado, by speaker
28 more statements on this page
Raeden statement
A special hearing on Project Taurus was marked by tumult, resulting in police tasing a man and arresting other attendees.
Colorado Springs city council
Council cited need to negotiate large load power contract with Colorado Springs Utilities for Project Taurus
Raeden received threats related to Project Taurus proposal and is evaluating partnership and next steps
Colorado Springs residents
Residents raised concerns about noise, power consumption, and neighborhood impact on Project Taurus
Colorado Springs Police Department
Jacob Wilkinson, 23, arrested on misdemeanor theft charge, served and released on scene
Raeden founder and co-owner; Travas Deal, Colorado Springs Utilities CEO
Raeden founder Jason Green claimed there is a 40 megawatt data center 100 feet from homes in Colorado Springs; Colorado Springs Utilities said the largest data center customer is around six megawatts.
Matt Martin, resident; Colorado Springs City Council
Sound and noise ordinances were major concerns at the hearing, with residents and councilors noting that dBA measurements filter out lower pitch noises.
Colorado Springs Police and protesting speakers
A scuffle broke out between police and speakers who claimed they had been denied a time slot and grabbed a megaphone.
data center developer
Raeden says it is evaluating whether Project Taurus is the right partnership for the company
Colorado Springs community speakers
Daylong hearing featured speakers overwhelmingly and profanely shouting down the Project Taurus concept.
Matt Grubesic said the data center project is one of the issues that has led him to activism and running for county commission.
Colorado Springs Police Department
Christiana Miller, 26, arrested on obstruction of a peace officer charge
Colorado Springs City Council
City council wants more research into AI data center requirements for power, water, and noise
Colorado Springs Police Department
Wendy Jerado was woman with megaphone who began disrupting the city council meeting
Colorado Springs Police Department
Caleb Miller, 26, arrested on second degree felony assault on a peace officer for biting officer
Colorado Springs City Council member
Roland Rainey proposed the delay to allow the city to address remaining questions including negotiations with Colorado Springs Utilities for a large load tariff contract
Tim Leigh, former Colorado Springs City Councilor
Taurus will use water equivalent to 2 families annual consumption, once
Tim Leigh, former Colorado Springs City Councilor
Project Taurus will generate property tax every year
Tim Leigh, former Colorado Springs City Councilor
Taurus has a noise mitigation plan and posted a bond for any unforeseen deficiencies
Tim Leigh, former Colorado Springs City Councilor
Project Taurus is a microscale data center measured in square feet, not a hyperscale measured in miles
City of Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs released a data center plan with six point standards
Colorado Springs Mayor
Mayor Yemi Mobolade announced six standards for data centers in Colorado Springs: protecting ratepayers, protecting water, protecting neighborhoods, protecting community standards, welcoming community contribution, and protecting the public's voice.
Chief Operating Officer, Raedan
Green stated the company views Project Taurus as something positive for the Colorado Springs community
Chief Operating Officer, Raedan
Jason Green, Chief Operating Officer for Raedan, stated that the company will continue pursuing the project despite community opposition and threats
Former Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers said data centers like Project Taurus are a critical tool the city must have to remain relevant as a national military and business hub
co-founder, Raedan
Green stated developers would provide full data and studies required for permitting the project
co-founder, Raedan
Jason Green, co founder of the development company, acknowledged concerns about energy consumption, heat, water for cooling, and noise pollution
The site
Where in El Paso County is not in the public record. The pin marks the county seat, not a building, and the outline is the county.
Tap a pin for the data center, the parcel for its record
- 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
- Colorado Springs, El Paso 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.
Questions about this project
5 questions answered from the record
How big is Project Taurus?
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The record has one measure of its size: 50 MW (third party estimate, source). Its acreage is not disclosed.
Who is building Project Taurus?
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Raeden is the developer, source. No construction contractor is named on the record yet.
How much power and water does Project Taurus say it needs?
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Power: 50 MW (third party estimate, source). Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
Where does Project Taurus stand today?
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It is reported, as reported August 14, 2026. The newest entry, reported September 21, 2026: Project Taurus received conditional approval in August 2026 from planning commission [12].
What has Colorado Springs or El Paso County decided about it?
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Colorado Springs (rated case by case): Colorado Springs City Council adopted a proclamation aimed at reclaiming civility in politics following the Project Taurus hearing disruption. (reported September 23, 2026, source); and Colorado Springs: Colorado Springs city council voted 7-2 to postpone the vote on Project Taurus from an earlier date to April 13, 2026. (reported September 23, 2026, source). 33 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.
Sources
Reporting
- Large data center may be heading to former computer chip facility in Colorado Springs - Colorado Springs Gazette, Colorado Springs Gazette, March 28, 2026, query feed
- 50MW 'Project Taurus' data center gets go-ahead in Colorado - Data Center Dynamics, Data Center Dynamics, June 15, 2026, trade press
- Colorado Springs reveals data center plan - KKTV, KKTV, August 14, 2026, local outlet
- Colorado Springs mayor announces ‘community first’ standards for data centers - gazette.com, gazette.com, August 14, 2026, local outlet
- GUEST OPINION: Data center poses few environmental issues, The Gazette, September 13, 2026, local outlet
- State, national debate over data centers lands in Colorado Springs with Project Taurus vote Thursday - Colorado Springs Gazette, Colorado Springs Gazette, September 15, 2026, local outlet
- Final vote looms for contested data center project in Colorado Springs - KRDO, KRDO, September 17, 2026, local outlet
- Colorado Springs City Council punts decision on Project Taurus data center to April 2027 after raucous meeting, The Gazette, September 18, 2026, local outlet
- 4 arrested after altercation with police at Project Taurus council meeting, The Gazette, September 18, 2026, local outlet
- Project Taurus decision postponed until after April’s Colorado Springs election - Colorado Public Radio, Colorado Public Radio, September 18, 2026, local outlet
- Project Taurus data center battle heads to city council special session - KOAA News 5, KOAA News 5, September 16, 2026, local outlet
- Four Arrested at Colorado Springs Project Taurus Data Center Hearing After Officer Bitten - Yahoo, Yahoo, September 21, 2026, local outlet
14 more sources
- Vote on proposed data center in Colorado Springs postponed for six months - KOAA News 5, KOAA News 5, September 19, 2026, local outlet
- Data center developer says it is 'evaluating' partnership after tense Colorado Springs City Council meeting - KRDO, KRDO, September 18, 2026, local outlet
- Three people in custody after disturbance at Colorado data center meeting - KKTV, KKTV, September 18, 2026, local outlet
- City Council postpones Project Taurus data center decision six months - KOAA News 5, KOAA News 5, September 19, 2026, local outlet
- Colorado Springs City Council sets special meeting for Project Taurus data center decision - Colorado Springs Gazette, Colorado Springs Gazette, August 11, 2026, local outlet
- Colorado Springs City Council sets date for proposed Project Taurus data center final hearing - Colorado Public Radio, Colorado Public Radio, August 11, 2026, local outlet
- Colorado Springs City Council will decide the fate of controversial Project Taurus data center - Colorado Public Radio, Colorado Public Radio, August 6, 2026, local outlet
- CO Springs Planning Commissioners Reject Activists’ Attempt to Stop Data Center - Colorado Times Recorder, Colorado Times Recorder, July 28, 2026, local outlet
- Data center appeals denied, neighbors fight on - KOAA News 5, KOAA News 5, July 24, 2026, local outlet
- Planning Commission rejects appeals of proposed data center - Colorado Springs Gazette, Colorado Springs Gazette, July 24, 2026, local outlet
- Appeals fail, Project Taurus data center in Colorado Springs moves ahead - Colorado Public Radio, Colorado Public Radio, July 24, 2026, local outlet
- Colorado Springs Planning Commission denies appeals in ‘Project Taurus’ data center - krdo.com, krdo.com, July 23, 2026, local outlet
- City Council receives appeal on proposed data center Project Taurus - KKTV, KKTV, July 23, 2026, local outlet
- If approved, Project Taurus will use substantially more electricity than Colorado Springs' current top power customer - Colorado Public Radio, Colorado Public Radio, September 10, 2026, local outlet
26 sources on file.
Cite this record
Data Center Record, "Project Taurus", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/project-taurus-colorado-springs-co, last verified October 6, 2026.
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For researchers
- Slug
- project-taurus-colorado-springs-co
- Status value
- rumored
- Stage
- Proposed
- Tier
- skeleton
- Tags
- court, skeleton
- Place id
- us/co/el-paso-county/colorado-springs
- Coordinates
- 38.86333, -104.79194
- Location precision
- county
- Location source
- County seat (Colorado Springs), 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
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- Tenancy value
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- Cooling type value
- not_disclosed
- Capacity basis
- third_party_estimate
- Water basis
- not_disclosed, gallons_per_day
- Acreage basis
- Not disclosed
- Interconnection value
- not_disclosed
- Capacity, if disclosed
- 50 MW, third party estimate
- Rating of the county's rows
- Case by case
- Published
- 2026-09-05
- Last verified
- 2026-10-06