Name: Data Center Power & Utility Interconnection (Gateway 2)
Start: 2026-05-20T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-20T13:00:00-04:00

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May 4, 2026

Colorado Data Centers Talking Points 2.0 – Created by coalition partners in Colorado

Colorado coalition partners compile talking points on data center impacts across the state — water depletion, power grid overload, public health threats and climate acceleration. Addresses how proposed facilities strain […]

Big Tech, Utilities & Power, Water Quality & Quantity
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April 26, 2026

Larimer County, Colorado Adopts Temporary Moratorium on Data Center Facilities

Larimer County commissioners adopt a temporary moratorium on new data center land use applications in unincorporated areas on January 27, 2026. After a February 9 public hearing, the board extends […]

Campaign Strategy, Community Organizing, Government & Policy, Legal & Zoning, Ordinance, Victories
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April 24, 2026

Exposing The Dark Side of America’s AI Data Center Explosion | Business Insider

Business Insider reporters filed air permit requests in every state and mapped 1,240 U.S. data centers — nearly four times the 2010 count. Forty-three percent sit in water-stressed areas. Residents […]

Big Tech, Economic Analysis, Energy, Environmental Justice, Noise, Public Health, Site Location, Taxes, Water Quality & Quantity
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April 23, 2026

Extracting Profits from the Public: How Utility Ratepayers Are Paying for Big Tech’s Power

Secret utility contracts and rate-formula loopholes shift Big Tech's power infrastructure costs onto household electric bills across multiple states. Harvard Law School's Electricity Law Initiative examines how Amazon, Google, Meta […]

Legal & Zoning, Utilities & Power
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April 21, 2026

Data Center Impacts in the West: Policy Solutions for Water and Energy Use by Western Resource Advocates

This report by Western Resource Advocates analyzes the economic and environmental impacts of data centers in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah, focusing on policy solutions for water and […]

Energy, Financial Analysis, Utilities & Power, Water Quality & Quantity
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April 20, 2026

Food & Water Watch: The Urgent Case Against Data Centers

This Food & Water Watch report makes a comprehensive case for an immediate moratorium on new data centers at all levels of government. It documents the environmental, economic, and social […]

Agriculture/Farmland, Big Tech, Community Organizing, Economic Analysis, Energy, Environmental Justice, Financial Analysis, Government & Policy, Jobs, Noise, Public Engagement, Taxes, Technology Policy, Utilities & Power, Water Quality & Quantity
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April 11, 2026

Big Data Centers, Big Problems: the surging environmental and consumer costs of AI, crypto and big data

This report from Environment America and U.S. PIRG examines how data centers powering AI, cryptocurrency, and big data are driving a surge in electricity demand that is delaying America's transition […]

Big Tech, Economic Analysis, Energy, Government & Policy, Noise, Taxes, Technology Policy, Utilities & Power, Water Quality & Quantity
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March 25, 2026

An act concerning the development of thermal energy resources. (SB26-142, CO)

Cites the presence of data centers emitting waste heat as a motivating factor in a bill permitting the sale of recovered thermal energy by a qualifying entity under certain conditions […]
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March 25, 2026

An act concerning the development of thermal energy resources. (SB26-142, CO)
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March 7, 2026

Residents in the Southwest struggle with the health effects of nuclear ore extraction

In Cibola County, New Mexico, 22 million tons of uranium waste sit uncapped four decades after Cold War-era mining ended, contaminating groundwater and driving rare cancer clusters among nearby residents […]

Environmental Justice, Government & Policy, Legal & Procedural

State: Colorado

Data Center Impacts in the West: Policy Solutions for Water and Energy Use by Western Resource Advocates

An act concerning the development of thermal energy resources. (SB26-142, CO)

An act concerning the development of thermal energy resources. (SB26-142, CO)

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