Tag: Data Centers
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Data Center moratoriums take hold along Front Range, but not Colorado Springs
Data centers have been thrust into the limelight in the past 12-18 months as more companies seek to build them while concerns grow about their use of natural resources. That’s led some Colorado communities to reject data centers, while others welcome them in hopes of economic gains. As Colorado Springs forges ahead with Project Taurus,…
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Supersonic jet maker says engines can power data centers, but weighs Colorado exit
Many expect data centers to consume far more power than the current electrical grid can ever deliver. But Blake Scholl, founder and CEO of Denver-based jet maker Boom Supersonic, argues that “supersonic tech can fix that.” Even so, Colorado and Denver’s increasingly restrictive data center regulations could prompt the aerospace company to pull chocks and…
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EDITORIAL: The oblivious drumbeat against data centers
Denver’s City Council declared a moratorium this week on the city’s proliferating data centers amid mounting public fears — largely unfounded but stoked by activist groups. Just down the road in Colorado Springs, meanwhile, plans have been unveiled for a large data center that, ironically, moots all the same fears that have been raised in…
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Data centers, Rossonian Hotel on Denver City Council agenda
On Monday, the Denver City Council will consider a wide-ranging agenda addressing how the city will manage growth, preserve affordable housing to regulating data center development. The most notable agenda item is the scheduled public hearing on a proposed one-year moratorium on data centers. Council Bill 26-0431, if approved, would halt the acceptance and processing…
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Denver City Council to consider data centers, buffalo, on-call landscape deals
The Denver City Council will introduce a bill on Monday that would place a one-year moratorium on the acceptance or processing of certain permit and site development plan applications in which a data center is the proposed primary use. Because data centers are not specifically regulated within Denver and have no specific permitting requirements, city…
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EDITORIAL: Innovation paves way for Colorado data centers
As lawmakers consider legislation regulating data centers, it seems advancing technology is changing the terms of the debate — and perhaps rendering some key concerns moot. If contrarian politicos have their way, Colorado risks leaving itself behind in building out AI and quantum computing — which heavily depends on scaling data centers to meet demand.…
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Xcel moves to block data centers from sticking families with higher power bills
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Xcel Energy filed a plan with state regulators Thursday that would force large electricity users, such as data centers, to pay the full cost of the power plants, substations and transmission lines they need, rather than passing those billions in new expenses on to Colorado families and small businesses. The power demands of data centers…
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Energy constraints loom larger than water for Colorado AI boom, experts say
As artificial intelligence reshapes almost every sector of the economy, experts at this year’s Colorado Climate Week gathering in Boulder said it is also reshaping local physical infrastructure. From grid demand and water use to data center construction, scaling the necessary framework to support AI, they said, will be a challenge as experts and policymakers…
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Denver proposes yearlong moratorium on new data centers
As Denver Water calls for a 20% reduction in water use during Stage 1 drought conditions, City Council members advanced a bill to rein in one of the largest water users — data centers — by proposing a yearlong moratorium on new construction and development. Should the proposed legislation be approved by the full City…
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AI data center plans baffle small southern Colorado town
In the nondescript business parks of the Front Range’s largest metros, data centers are cropping up. According to the industry catalog Data Center Map, there are currently 46 planned or built in the Denver area, while Colorado Springs has the second most at six. The map has one outlier, however, deep in the heart of…