Data Center
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Tapped: Is water a problem for data centers in Colorado?
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Editor‘s Note: The Denver metro region sits at the center of one of the American West’s most complex and consequential water challenges. This series examines the interconnected systems that determine how the region secures, stores, and conserves its water while navigating the competing demands of fast‑growing urban communities and the increasingly unpredictable mountain snowpack that…
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Rural communities built Colorado, data centers can help build what comes next | OPINION
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By Duane Nava Rural Colorado has always known how to build things that last. Our towns powered this state for generations. We built the power plants, the grid and the communities that kept Colorado moving. That same skill and work ethic puts us in a strong position for the next major opportunity coming our way:…
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Denver’s Elyria-Swansea residents fight new data center
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Residents of Denver’s Elyria-Swansea neighborhood are pushing back against the construction of a new data center, citing not only environmental concerns but also the city’s failure to adequately notify them before approving it. The residents delivered a “Good Neighbor” proposal to CoreSite outlining specific demands, including full transparency on energy load, water use and generator…
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Power restored after fearsome dust storm rips through Phoenix area | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
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ARIZONA Dust storm rips Phoenix area PHOENIX — Crews cleaned up downed trees and got electricity mostly restored for thousands of people on Aug. 26 after a powerful dust storm roared through the Phoenix area. The wall of dust towering hundreds of feet high dwarfed the city’s neighborhoods. Called a haboob, the wind-driven phenomenon blackened…

