Data centers in Denver County, Colorado

Denver County has 3 data centers on the record: 3 running. No county rule about data centers is on the record for Denver County itself; 1 body inside it has a scorecard row, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The latest decision on the record: Denver approved one year moratorium on new data centers in May, scheduled to lift spring 2027 (Denver), September 7, 2026.

Updated September 17, 2026 · Every line below links to its source · How the record works

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The 3 data centers in Denver County

Newest activity first

Each row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.

Running Built from one source
Centersquare Denver data center
Denver, Denver County · Centersquare
No dated entry on the record yet.
Land
Not disclosed
Power
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Tenant
Not disclosed
Running Built from one source
DataBank Denver data center
Denver, Denver County · DataBank
No dated entry on the record yet.
Land
Not disclosed
Power
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Tenant
Not disclosed
Running Built from one source
H5 Denver
Denver, Denver County · H5 Data Centers
No dated entry on the record yet.
Land
Not disclosed
Power
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Tenant
Not disclosed

Where

3 data centers in Denver County: all running. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.

The outline is Denver County's boundary from the U.S. Census Bureau. Tap a pin for that data center's facts and a link to its page.

The cities in Denver County on the record (1)

1 of 1 city has a record. A city without one is listed, not linked, until its first published record.

City	Projects	Rules
Denver	3	1

What Denver County has decided

1 body, 1 decision on the record

What the county and the cities in it have 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 behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.

A month with no day: the source names the month and not the day.

Denvercity
Denver approved one year moratorium on new data centers in May, scheduled to lift spring 2027, May 2026.
denverpost.com local outlet
no published rating
1 act on this row
1. May 2026moratorium adopted
  Denver approved one year moratorium on new data centers in May, scheduled to lift spring 2027
  denverpost.com local outlet
Last verified September 7, 2026.

The rules across Colorado.

What happened

May 2026 · Denver

Moratorium adopted: Denver approved one year moratorium on new data centers in May, scheduled to lift spring 2027 denverpost.com local outlet

Colorado, year by year · Every milestone, by month

Nearby counties with records

30 miles away Arapahoe County 4 data centers on the record 30 miles away Douglas County 1 data center on the record 35 miles away Boulder County 1 data center on the record 61 miles away Weld County 1 data center on the record

Every Colorado county.

Disclosed figures

nothing disclosed by 3 records

Power, water, jobs and tax, summed only where a data center disclosed the figure; what each facility is for; how each is cooled. Nothing here is estimated.

Power, water, jobs and tax

Figure	Disclosed total	Not disclosed
Power	Not disclosed	3	Not disclosed by any of the 3 records
Water, stated per day	Not disclosed	3	Not disclosed by any of the 3 records
Water, stated per year	Not disclosed	3	Not disclosed by any of the 3 records
Permanent jobs	Not disclosed	3	Not disclosed by any of the 3 records
Tax each year	Not disclosed	3	Not disclosed by any of the 3 records

Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.

By what the facilities are for

Use	Records	Power	Water	Jobs	Tax each year
Not disclosed	3	Not disclosed	Not disclosed	Not disclosed	Not disclosed	Not disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year

A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.

Third party figures on the same metrics

Numbers from outside sources on the same metric and place. A figure a project disclosed about itself is in the sums above, not here. Where several sources give the same figure for the same place and year, it is one row with every source behind it (21 sources on 20 rows).

Power

50 MWColorado Springs, CO, 2026
2 sources
- Project Taurus data center expected to use approximately 50 Megawatts of power. KRDO (krdo.com)
- Developers had said the data center could draw up to 50 megawatts of power from Colorado Springs Utilities. The Colorado Sun (coloradosun.com)
1,900 MWColorado, statewide, 2026Xcel estimates new large load requests could create need for more than 1,900 megawatts by 2031, a 31% increase. The Denver Post (denverpost.com)
1,000 homesColorado Springs, El Paso County, CO, 2026One megawatt can power about 1,000 homes. Colorado Public Radio (cpr.org)
300 MWDouglas County, CO, 2026Small modular reactors can produce up to 300 megawatts of power, while microreactors can produce up to 20 megawatts. www.cbsnews.com (cbsnews.com)
160 MWColorado, statewide, 2026QTS campus in Aurora draws around 160 megawatts. The Denver Post (denverpost.com)
78 MWGarfield County, CO, 2026Hannegan estimated county's capacity could grow to 78 megawatts by 2035, providing significant margin of safety. Aspen Daily News (aspendailynews.com)
55.2 MWGarfield County, CO, 2026During peak demand, Garfield County uses about 55.2 megawatts, and peak use is estimated to grow to 61.5 megawatts by 2035. Aspen Daily News (aspendailynews.com)
50 MWColorado Springs, El Paso County, CO, 2026At 50 megawatts, Project Taurus would consume about a quarter of the monthly power used by all households in Colorado Springs. Colorado Public Radio (cpr.org)
50 MWGarfield County, CO, 2026Project Taurus currently proposed in Colorado Springs can demand over 50 megawatts of continuous power and proposes consuming about 200,000 gallons of water daily in its closed loop cooling system. Aspen Daily News (aspendailynews.com)
3 MWMosca-Hooper, Alamosa County, CO, 2026The Strata data center would consume a total of 3 megawatts of power. Alamosa Citizen (alamosacitizen.com)

Water, stated per year

10,500,000,000 gallons a yearColorado River Basin, Western US, 2026Guardian report citing leaked Amazon internal document: Amazon used 10.5 billion gallons of water in 2021 including secondary use for electricity generation. The Verge (theverge.com)
2,500,000,000 gallons a yearColorado River Basin, Western US, 2026Amazon data centers used 2.5 billion gallons of water globally in 2025 (owned, leased, or shared). The Verge (theverge.com)
189,000,000 gallons a yearColorado River Basin, Western US, 2026Amazon pledged $2.2 million over three years for water leak detection in Orange County, California expected to conserve 189 million gallons annually. The Verge (theverge.com)

Permanent jobs

60 to 100 jobsColorado Springs, CO, 2026Project Taurus would create approximately 60 to 100 permanent positions and roughly 600 union construction jobs. KRDO (krdo.com)
16 jobsParker, Douglas County, CO, 2026County documents estimate the facility will create 16 permanent jobs. Denver Gazette (denvergazette.com)
314 jobsLongmont, Boulder County, CO, 2025SENS expects to create 314 net new jobs at average annual wage of $97,493. oedit.colorado.gov (oedit.colorado.gov)

Tax each year

942,000,000 dollarsColorado Springs, CO, 2026Project Taurus projected sales and use tax over 20 years of up to 942 million dollars. KRDO (krdo.com)
115,000,000 dollarsColorado Springs, Colorado, 2026Project Taurus will generate use tax of 115 million dollars up front. The Gazette (gazette.com)
115,000,000 dollars a yearColorado Springs, CO, 2026Project Taurus estimated sales and use tax revenue of 115 million dollars in the first year. KRDO (krdo.com)
1,200,000 dollars a yearColorado Springs, CO, 2026Project Taurus property tax revenue estimated to exceed 1.2 million dollars annually starting in 2029. KRDO (krdo.com)

What the facilities are for

No source on file states what any of the 3 tracked facilities in Denver County are for.

How the facilities are cooled

No source on file states how any of the 3 tracked facilities in Denver County are cooled.

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Data Center Record, "Data centers in Denver County, Colorado", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/co/denver-county, updated September 17, 2026.

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Data centers in Denver County, Colorado

The 3 data centers in Denver County

Centersquare Denver data center

DataBank Denver data center

H5 Denver

Where

What Denver County has decided

What happened

Nearby counties with records

Disclosed figures

Power, water, jobs and tax

By what the facilities are for

What the facilities are for

How the facilities are cooled

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