Commerce City Weighs Six-Month Pause on Data Center Development
By Alex Dowd | Denver7
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — Commerce City leaders are deciding Monday night if the city should hit pause on data center development.
At their regularly scheduled meeting, city council will consider a six-month moratorium on approving data center development plans or zoning applications.
Council communications say the city’s land development code doesn’t address some of the “unique characteristics of data center facilities.”
The draft ordinance says data centers can have significant impacts on city infrastructure like power and water supply, neighborhood character and surrounding land use.
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