Tag: Data Center
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Tapped: Is water a problem for data centers in Colorado?
Editor‘s Note: The Denver metro region sits at the center of one of the American West’s most complex and consequential water challenges. This series examines the interconnected systems that determine how the region secures, stores, and conserves its water while navigating the competing demands of fast‑growing urban communities and the increasingly unpredictable mountain snowpack that…
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Denver halts new data centers for 12 months
Denver just slammed on the brakes on new data centers Monday after members of the Denver City Council voted unanimously to impose a one-year moratorium on permits and site development plan applications for data centers as the proposed primary use. Close to 60 individuals signed up for the required public hearing preceding the vote. The moratorium will…
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Denver’s Elyria-Swansea residents fight new data center
Residents of Denver’s Elyria-Swansea neighborhood are pushing back against the construction of a new data center, citing not only environmental concerns but also the city’s failure to adequately notify them before approving it. The residents delivered a “Good Neighbor” proposal to CoreSite outlining specific demands, including full transparency on energy load, water use and generator…
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EDITORIAL: Colorado must make way for data centers
Colorado has become a leading state for innovative technology companies to set up shop. The question is: Can — and will — we keep it up? That may depend on whether we’re hospitable to data centers, a critical element of the 21st century economy, especially in the age of AI. They are central to the…