Data centers in Colorado
Every site we track in Colorado, the jobs each one brings where a public source states them and the officials who represent them.
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Count66sites tracked (51 operating, 4 under construction, 11 announced)
0sites with sourced construction jobs so far
Single siteapproximately 20permanent jobs committed or forecast at 1 site, not yet confirmed as filled
Count17counties with sites
What changed after November 3
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Sites in Colorado
Sites with sourced job numbers first. Construction and permanent jobs are shown separately and never added together.
| Site | County | Status | Construction jobs | Permanent jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global AI Windsor Data Center (former Kodak/Carestream campus) Global AI | Weld | Under construction | not stated | approximately 20 |
| 11:11 Systems Thornton Data Center (DEN550) 11:11 Systems | Adams | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| 1,500 Champa Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| 365 Data Centers Aurora (CO1) 365 Data Centers | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Aerotropolis Logistics Center Data Center Campus Aerotropolis Industrial Development | Adams | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Aligned Weld County Campus (proposed) Aligned Data Centers | Weld | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Aspen Creek Digital, Olathe Solar Bitcoin Mine Aspen Creek Digital Corporation | Montrose | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| BluSky AI Walsenburg (Indian Pool Ranch) Modular Data Center BluSky AI Inc. | Huerfano | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Centersquare Denver (DEN1) CenterSquare (formerly Cyxtera) | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Centersquare Denver (DEN2) CenterSquare (formerly Cyxtera) | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| ColoradoColo, Lakewood (LKWD) Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| CoreSite DE3 CoreSite | Denver | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| CoreSite, Denver (DE2) CoreSite, LLC | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Crusoe Energy Digital Flare Mitigation, Oxbow Well Pad NYDIG DFM | Jackson | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Csquare (Centersquare) DEN1 Denver, Highlands Ranch Csquare (Centersquare) | Douglas | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Csquare (Centersquare) DEN2 Denver, Englewood Csquare (Centersquare) | Douglas | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| DEN1 Owner not yet confirmed | Arapahoe | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Data102, COS01 Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| DataBank DEN1, Englewood DataBank | Douglas | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| DataBank DEN5, Centennial II DataBank | Arapahoe | Operating | not stated | not stated |
Show all 66 sites
| Site | County | Status | Construction jobs | Permanent jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DataBank Denver (DEN2) Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| DataBank Denver (DEN4) Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| ESIF High-Performance Computing Data Center (Kestrel supercomputer) National Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly NREL), U.S. Department of Energy | Jefferson | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| EdgeConneX DEN01 Denver EdgeConneX | Douglas | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| EdgeConneX Denver (EDCDEN01) Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Equinix DE1 Denver Equinix | Arapahoe | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Equinix DE2 Denver (Inverness Business Park) Equinix | Douglas | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Expedient Denver (Centennial) Data Center Expedient | Arapahoe | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Flexential Denver, Aurora (DEN03) Flexential | Arapahoe | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Flexential Denver, Centennial (DEN05) Flexential | Arapahoe | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Flexential Denver, Downtown (Champa) Flexential | Denver | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Flexential Denver, Englewood Flexential | Arapahoe | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Flexential Parker (Compark) Flexential | Douglas | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| GlobalAI Windsor (former Kodak/Carestream) GlobalAI | Weld | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Google, Thornton Google | Adams | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Granite Renewables Logan County Data Center Campus Granite Renewables | Logan | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| H5 Data Centers Denver (Denver Tech Center campus) H5 Data Centers | Arapahoe | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Honda Data Center (1601 Dry Creek Drive) Honda | Boulder | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Insurance Exchange Building Owner not yet confirmed | Denver | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Iron Mountain DEN-1 Denver Data Center Iron Mountain Data Centers | Denver | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Iron Mountain Data Center, Denver (DEN-1) Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| JPMorgan Chase Owner not yet confirmed | Broomfield | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Kyndryl Boulder Data Center (former IBM Boulder campus) Kyndryl | Boulder | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Level(3) Denver Lumen Technologies | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Novva Colorado Springs Data Center Novva Data Centers | El Paso | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Pathfinder #2 Gas-to-Power Bitcoin Mining Site (Florence Oil Field) AXP Energy Limited (gas/power) with Blackhart Technologies (mining) | Fremont | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Project Primestone (Vineyards Research Park) GPU Test Facility Broadstone Net Lease (developer/owner); operations partner Emergent Data Centers; tenant undisclosed | El Paso | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Prometheus Hyperscale Fort Morgan Prometheus Hyperscale | Morgan | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Prometheus Hyperscale Pueblo Prometheus Hyperscale | Pueblo | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| QTS QTS Data Centers | Arapahoe | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| QTS Aurora-Denver Data Center Campus (DEN1) QTS Data Centers | Arapahoe | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| QTS Colorado Springs Data Center QTS Data Centers | El Paso | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Raeden Project Taurus Raeden | El Paso | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| SAP COS02 Owner not yet confirmed | El Paso | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Sterling Data Center Granite Renewables | Logan | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Sungard AS Aurora Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Sungard AS Thornton Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| T5@Colorado Data Center Campus T5 Data Centers | El Paso | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Time Warner Datacenter Owner not yet confirmed | Arapahoe | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| US Signal CO01 Denver Data Center US Signal | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Vantage Data Centers CO21 Campus (Building 3) Vantage Data Centers | Adams | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Visa OCC North & OCC South Data Centers (Highlands Ranch) Visa Inc. | Douglas | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Walmart Colorado Springs Data Center Walmart | El Paso | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Xfinity/Comcast Data Center Owner not yet confirmed | Arapahoe | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Zayo Networks Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| zColo by Zayo Owner not yet confirmed | Arapahoe | Operating | not stated | not stated |
Counties with data center sites
What does this mean for your community?
Electric bills, water, housing and taxes in Data centers in Colorado: sites, jobs and officials: what we know, what remains unknown and who can answer. Statewide figures are context, not forecasts for any one community.
Will my electric bill rise?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No modeled or measured estimate of the effect on household bills has been published for this state.
- What remains unknown
- The effect on household bills in most states.
- Who can answer
- Your state utility commission and your utility's rate cases.
- Ask
- Will data centers pay the full cost of the power lines and plants built for them? Where is that written in a rate order?
How much water will it use?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No tracked project in this state has a published water figure in our sources.
- What remains unknown
- Water use for nearly every other project.
- Who can answer
- Your local water utility and county commission.
- Ask
- How much water will this project use each day? Where will it come from?
Will housing get more expensive?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No public body we found tracks data center effects on local rents or land prices.
- What remains unknown
- Effects on local land prices, rents and housing.
- Who can answer
- Local land records and planning commission minutes.
- Ask
- Has anyone studied what this project will do to local rents and home prices?
What are taxpayers giving up?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No signed incentive record for a project in this state is in our sources yet.
- What remains unknown
- The full public cost and the net tax revenue for most projects.
- Who can answer
- Your state economic development agency and county commission.
- Ask
- What tax breaks does this project get? What must it deliver in return?
What the agreements say
No signed incentive agreement for a project in this state is in our sources yet.
Your officials in Colorado
- Democrat (D)
- Republican (R)
- Independent (I)
- Party not listed
Michael F. Bennet D
U.S. Senator · 66 sites represented
Not on record yet
Call 202-224-5852 · Contact form
John W. Hickenlooper D
U.S. Senator · 66 sites represented
Not on record yet
Call 202-224-5941 · Contact form
Brittany Pettersen D
U.S. Representative · CO-7 · 5 sites represented
Not on record yet
Call 202-225-2645
Show all serving officials (2 more)
Incoming in January 2027
Phil Weiser D
Governor-elect · 66 sites represented
Quote
"But if done irresponsibly, like in other states that haven't planned effectively, there are risks of data center energy demands driving up consumers' electricity bills." source
Melat Kiros D
U.S. Representative-elect · CO-1 · 8 sites represented
QuoteParaphrase
"I do feel like there is an interesting connection that I think is being intentionally and correctly drawn between AI and our climate right now in a way that is going to propel us toward being able to pass some really meaningful climate legislation," source
Manny Rutinel D
U.S. Representative-elect · CO-8 · 3 sites represented
QuoteParaphrase
"That means making sure that we protect our public lands, our water, and that the development of data centers doesn't increase energy prices for ratepayers. And we definitely need to make sure that communities are the ones driving these decisions and that data centers aren't being forced onto a community." source