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Data centers in Brighton, Colorado

No data center in Brighton is on the record. The nearest one planned is SENS Longmont Facility, about 27 miles away, reported. The nearest running data centers are DataBank Denver data center, Centersquare Denver data center and H5 Denver, placed together at the center of Denver, about 15 miles away.

Brighton has a scorecard row with no rating yet, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The latest decision on the record: The Brighton City Council voted unanimously to adopt a one year moratorium on data center development, October 6, 2026. Adams County's own decisions are on the Adams County page.

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The closest data centers to Brighton

The nearest data center planned, the nearest running, and any stalled or cancelled within 50 miles, in Colorado and the states that border it. Each distance is a straight line between the two points it names.

  1. Nearest one planned

    Reported

    Site not located

    SENS Longmont Facility

    Longmont, Boulder County · SENS

    Latest, reported September 4, 2026: SENS held ribbon cutting in Longmont on August 20, 2026

    About 27 miles from the center of Brighton to Boulder, the seat of Boulder County.

    bizwest.com news outlet
  2. Nearest one running

    Running

    Site not located

    DataBank Denver data center

    Denver, Denver County · DataBank

    Latest, reported July 26, 2021: DataBank acquired an industrial building in Denver for data center conversion

    About 15 miles from the center of Brighton to the center of Denver.

    Also placed at the center of Denver: Centersquare Denver data center and H5 Denver.

    datacenterdynamics.com trade press

What Brighton has decided 1 body, 1 decision on the record

What the city has done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement one tap away, newest first, with its source.

BodyLevelRatingIn force untilLatest actActsVerified
Brighton Also in Weld Countycitynot ratedThe Brighton City Council voted unanimously to adopt a one year moratorium on data center development. cpr.org local outlet Oct 61 act on this row
Every act on the Brighton row
  1. moratorium adopted

    The Brighton City Council voted unanimously to adopt a one year moratorium on data center development

    cpr.org local outlet

Last verified October 6, 2026.

12026-10-06

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The rules across Colorado

What happened

  1. cpr.org local outlet

Colorado, year by year

The county and nearby counties

The county Adams County: No data center on the record yet. A pause is on the record.
15 miles away Denver: 3 data centers on the record. A pause is on the record.
15 miles away Denver County: 3 data centers on the record. A pause is on the record.
19 miles away Aurora: 2 data centers on the record.
21 miles away Longmont: 1 data center on the record.
24 miles away Englewood: 1 data center on the record.
26 miles away Centennial: 1 data center on the record.

Distances run between the centers the Census Bureau gives each place. Every Colorado county.

Questions about Brighton

Is there a data center near Brighton?

No data center in Brighton is on the record. The nearest one planned is SENS Longmont Facility, about 27 miles from the center of Brighton to Boulder, the seat of Boulder County, reported. The nearest running is DataBank Denver data center, about 15 miles from the center of Brighton to the center of Denver, one of 3 the record places at the same point.

answered from the rows above

Is Brighton allowing new data centers?

Brighton has a scorecard row with no rating yet, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The pause on the record: The Brighton City Council voted unanimously to adopt a one year moratorium on data center development, October 6, 2026.

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