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Data centers in Weld County, Colorado
Weld County has 1 data center on the record; it is proposed. Weld County has a scorecard row with no rating yet. The latest decision on the record: Weld County commissioners approved Global AI's USR26-0019 permit for a proposed 41 acre data center near Windsor on a 5-0 vote, September 16, 2026.
How to read this page. Every count comes from the records on this page and links to where it is counted. Nothing is published until a person reads its source, and a figure no source gives reads Not disclosed; nothing is estimated. A rating changes only when a person sets it.
The data center in Weld County
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.
Global AI data center (Weld County)
Weld County · Global AI
Latest, reported September 16, 2026: Permit conditions require submission of a decommissioning plan and bond within six months, ambient noise monitoring, and use of closed loop cooling system news.constructconnect.com local outlet
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
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1 data center in Weld County: proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
What Weld County has decided
1 body, 7 decisions on the recordWhat 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.
Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own. A month with no day: the source names the month and not the day.
- Weld Countycounty
Weld County commissioners approved Global AI's USR26-0019 permit for a proposed 41 acre data center near Windsor on a 5-0 vote, reported September 16, 2026.
7 acts on this row
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Weld County commissioners approved Global AI's USR26-0019 permit for a proposed 41 acre data center near Windsor on a 5-0 vote
- approval
Weld County Board of County Commissioners approved a permit 5-0 for Global AI to operate a data center on a former Kodak/Carestream industrial campus
- ordinance
Ordinance required proof of electricity and water service, implemented tighter noise regulations, and prohibited data center construction in agricultural zones
- approval
Weld County Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 to approve a 41 acre data center near Windsor
- approval
Weld County commissioners unanimously approved GlobalAI's plans with a 5-0 vote on September 9
Also reported by 3 sources
- yahoo.com national outlet
- theminermag.com local outlet
- coloradonewsline.com local outlet
- event
Weld County adopted a regulatory framework in April requiring evidence of water availability and electricity provider commitment, imposing noise limits and prohibiting data centers on agricultural land
- ordinance
Weld County passed code ordinance in March establishing use for special review process for data center projects in I-1 industrial zones
- approval
What happened
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· Weld County
Approval: Weld County commissioners approved Global AI's USR26-0019 permit for a proposed 41 acre data center near Windsor on a 5-0 vote news.constructconnect.com local outlet
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· Global AI data center (Weld County)
Approved: Global AI's proposal reuses a vacant industrial facility on the former Carestream Health/Eastman Kodak property, 41 acres within a 438 acre site in unincorporated Weld County news.constructconnect.com local outlet
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· Weld County
Approval: Weld County Board of County Commissioners approved a permit 5-0 for Global AI to operate a data center on a former Kodak/Carestream industrial campus i2i.org local outlet
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· Weld County
Ordinance: Ordinance required proof of electricity and water service, implemented tighter noise regulations, and prohibited data center construction in agricultural zones coloradoan.com local outlet
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· Weld County
Approval: Weld County Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 to approve a 41 acre data center near Windsor denver7.com local outlet
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· Weld County
Approval: Weld County commissioners unanimously approved GlobalAI's plans with a 5-0 vote on September 9 cbsnews.com national outlet
What was said
Canon proposes five conditions: complete cost causation, public contracts, closed loop cooling with hard caps, newcomers must bring generation, and strategic siting near airports
Every Colorado statement, by speaker
1 more statement on this page
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 1 record
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record |
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 | |
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| Not disclosed | 1 | 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.
What the facilities are for
No source on file states what any of the 1 tracked facility in Weld County is for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Weld County is cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Weld County, Colorado", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/co/weld-county, updated September 23, 2026.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data center records in Weld County, Colorado", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/co/weld-county. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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For researchers
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