Tag: Data Centers
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GUEST OPINION: Data center poses few environmental issues
The circus can stay home because Coloradans are more than capable of having a mature conversation about data centers all on their own. We don’t need clowns, or elephants or giraffes or kangaroos or men throwing knives at pretty girls. We don’t need paid agitators, purple hair or “pot-smoking kids with nose rings and…
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Petitions seek to place noise restrictions, surveillance cameras and water limits on Colorado Springs ballot
Petitioners in Colorado Springs are preparing to gather signatures to place restrictions on noise levels, developments that use a large volume of water and surveillance cameras that use automatic tracking technology. The City Clerk’s office on Monday gave final approval to the titles for four petitions filed by Adriane Nau, former Councilmember Joel Miller and…
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New agreement shifts water fight toward sustainability | Rachel Stovall
There may be a ceasefire in the Colorado River fight. Finally, someone is considering how to bring in water from other sources. Common sense enters through the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. This agency manages, stores and delivers water across the 17 western states. It also operates as a federal agency under the U.S. Department of…
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LETTERS: Same vapid promises; hypocrisy is hard to miss
Same vapid promises As I read Mayor Yemi Mobolade’s touting of his recent “ Community First Data Center Standards”, I couldn’t help but recall a memorable scene in the movie Full Metal Jacket. In this iconic scene, the character Animal Mother says the line “You talk the talk. Do you walk the walk?” to Private…
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EDITORIAL: A refreshing approach to data centers
While some Colorado communities have been blithely slapping moratoriums on new data centers, Douglas County is going in a distinctly different — and refreshingly realistic — direction. As reported in The Gazette on Tuesday, Douglas County commissioners are poised to approve a $19.3 million tax rebate agreement Tuesday for a new data center under construction…
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EDITORIAL: Beware of the disingenuous war on Colorado’s data centers
The histrionics by foes of data centers in our state — vented at public hearings; in staged protests; even in letters to the editor — might leave the impression the workaday facilities pose an imminent threat to public health, global climate and perhaps Western Civilization. The centers are mere data-storage hubs, of course. They’re essential…
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Data center proposed for Colorado Springs heading to the Planning Commission; here’s how to participate
The Colorado Springs Planning Commission will hear arguments for and against a proposed data center off the Garden of the Gods Road corridor Thursday. The meeting is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. at the Shockley-Zalabak Theater at the Ent Center for the Performing Arts, 5225 N. Nevada Ave. Those wishing to speak must register…
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Monument places moratorium on data centers, following decision in Woodland Park
The Monument town council voted Monday night to place a six-month ban on new data center applications. While no applicable projects have yet come to the town for approval, planning director Dan Ungerleider said the moratorium was a “proactive” way to give Monument time to consider how to regulate data centers in the future. “This…
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Guest Opinion: New data center is a win-win for the Springs
In all my years living in and representing Colorado Springs, rarely have I seen a business be so transparent, so invested in being a good neighbor and so committed to hearing the concerns of the community; and yet be on the receiving end of so much vitriol and misinformation as the planned data center at…
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Woodland Park passes moratorium on data centers
Woodland Park officially joined a growing list of Colorado municipalities to push the pause button on data centers. According to an ordinance passed at its July 16 meeting, the Woodland Park City Council is “imposing a temporary moratorium on the submission, acceptance, processing and approval of applications for the establishment of data centers in the…