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Colorado data center and compute infrastructure research

This state has reviewed research coverage from the national 50-state Atlas. Exact project locations are published only after source evidence establishes coordinates; state-level, regulatory, utility and prospective evidence remains visible without inventing map precision.

10reviewed research rows
4confirmed rows
6accepted prospective rows
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State research coverage

Colorado is part of the 50-state research coverage.

The current reviewed research set contains 10 accepted evidence records for Colorado, including 4 confirmed and 6 accepted prospective rows, with a research cutoff of 2026-08-20. These are evidence records, not a count of unique facilities.

Prospective records remain labeled as proposals, applications, forecasts, targets, queue entries or other non-operational states. The Atlas does not convert state-level or locality evidence into a precise project point unless a controlling source supports that location.

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Evidence-backed project locations

Colorado project points

Source-exact records use supported coordinates. Dashed rings mark Census address-range geocodes, not rooftop or surveyed coordinates. Qualified research candidates are shown separately at Census locality or county centroids when that is the strongest source-backed geography; those markers do not claim a precise site coordinate.

2 mapped locations
Global AI Data Center, USR26-0019Windsor / Weld CountyResearch candidate · locality centroid · exact site coordinate not claimed · approvedWeld County approved a Use by Special Review permit for data-center operation in an existing industrial facility; first phase expected to employ approximately 20 people.verified municipalOpen source →
Documented project / site inventory

66 project, facility, campus or documented site records are tracked for CO.

This project layer combines available project-profile, permit/intent and civic-impact evidence. Records retain unresolved location precision and limitations rather than inventing coordinates.

operational exact coordinate

H5 Denver Data Center

GREENWOOD VILLAGE · CO

Operator / developer: H5 Data Centers

5 linked evidence rows · source-backed coordinate

Public records and supporting context

Development context

These dated decisions, filings, research collections and supporting-infrastructure records provide context. They are not additional data-center facilities.

Public agency starting point

City of Aurora Planning via Access Aurora

Aurora, Denver metropolitan region · Access Aurora public inquiry service

Contact about: Could you route us to the planning office that maintains public industrial development files and identify the map or archive showing application and approval status?

access@auroragov.org

Source status: historical indexed or mixed. Verify the linked public source before relying on an assignment because staff and routing can change.

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Thornton data-center application moratorium

2026-09-22 · Adopted at second reading

Thornton's approved-ordinance register records second reading on September 22, 2026 for a temporary moratorium on applications for new or expanded data centers. The vote record shows that a proposed reduction from twelve months to six months failed.

The signed ordinance controls the precise effective date, exemptions and end date.

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Xcel Colorado large-load tariff filing

2026-04-02 · Proposal in the April regulator notice

Colorado PUC's April newsletter records Xcel's April 2 filing in proceeding 26AL-0137E. The proposed rules cover customers requiring 50 MW or more and may also apply to new customers between 20 and 50 MW.

This describes the proposal at filing, not a verified final tariff or current regulatory outcome.

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Crusoe Spark Factory Brighton

Brighton's announcement identifies the Spark Factory as a manufacturing facility producing transportable modular data-center units. The factory itself is not documented as a compute-serving data center. This related-industry record is excluded from data-center inventory and map counts.

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Adams County transmission line to new data center campus (RCU2024-00008)

This record concerns power generation or transmission supporting data-center activity. It is not a compute-serving data-center facility.

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CO data-center research sources

This record is a regional research collection or market overview. It is not an individual data-center facility.

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Arvada CO

This Arvada watchlist row describes Legrand acquisition and data-center power-equipment supply activity. It is not an individual compute-serving data-center facility.

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Denver CO

This Denver watchlist row describes Crusoe financing led in part by Mubadala Capital. It is corporate financing context, not an individual Denver data-center facility.

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Legrand Arvada CO

Legrand identifies Arvada-based Kratos Industries as a manufacturer of switchboards, switchgear and integrated power systems for data-center gray-space and industrial applications. This is supply-chain/manufacturing infrastructure, not a data-center facility.

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Mubadala Investment Company Denver CO

This row describes Mubadala Capital participation in Crusoe financing. It is investor context, not a Denver data-center facility operated by Mubadala.

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State contact routing

Where to start in Colorado

Current source-backed route

Colorado State University Extension

Contact about: Civic learning, public evidence and community decision support.

This route was retained from current or recently revalidated public-source evidence.

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Who to contact

Public contacts for data center and compute issues in Colorado

4 source-backed contact records are available for planning, zoning, permitting, public comments, economic development, project questions and related infrastructure issues. Verify the linked source before relying on a contact because assignments can change.

GENERAL CONTACT

Connor Bailey; Misty Allen

Senior Planner 1; VP Public Policy, North America · City of Aurora; Vantage Data Centers

Relevant to: Trident Data Center at Windler · Adams County / Aurora

Project-specific planning and public-policy contacts identified in the supplied Colorado research.

Contact details: Connor Bailey, Senior Planner 1, City of Aurora; Misty Allen, VP Public Policy, North America, Vantage Data Centers

Limitation: Direct Aurora portal document is still preferred for case metadata. The community site is advocacy-run, so identity fields are corroborated against independent reporting.

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PLANNING ZONING CONTACT

Mike Pesicka

Planning · Douglas County

Relevant to: CSQUARE DEN2 · Douglas County / Englewood

Douglas County planning contact for the active DEN2 site-improvement case.

Contact details: Mike Pesicka, Planning, Douglas County; mpesicka@douglasco.gov; 303-660-7460; case SP2026-033

mpesicka@douglasco.gov

303-660-7460

Limitation: The permit revision concerns site improvements at an existing facility, not a new standalone campus.

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GENERAL CONTACT

Blake Marcus

Granite Renewables

Relevant to: Granite Renewables Logan County Data Center and Energy Campus · Logan County

Developer contact named in Logan County work-session material for the proposed hyperscale campus.

Contact details: Blake Marcus, Granite Renewables; contact about the proposed campus, special-use process and project relationship.

Limitation: No final special-use permit, exact parcel or approved operating project has been established.

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PLANNING ZONING CONTACT

Angela Snyder

Case planner · Weld County Planning Services

Relevant to: Global AI Weld County Data Center · Weld County / near Windsor

Weld County case-planning contact for USR26-0019 and related land-use review.

Contact details: Angela Snyder, Case Planner, Weld County Planning Services; 970-400-6100; USR26-0019 / Docket 2026-53

970-400-6100

Limitation: Land-use approval is not a building permit or proof of construction start.

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