The data center fight in Broomfield, Colorado
Broomfield has an active data center moratorium on this tracker. Status is derived, not stored — a pause with a documented end date flips to Expired on its own — and the source is right next to the claim.
Status today
Ordinance 2313, passed 9-0. Covers facilities with a projected load of 10 MW or more; runs through Dec 2, 2027 or until permanent rules are adopted
Source
read 2026-08-04
An expiry date is the earliest a pause could have ended — extensions are common, so confirm with the clerk before citing it.
Where the decision gets made
City Council — Ordinances, land use and budget for the consolidated City and County of Broomfield — ten members across five wards plus an at-large mayor. Broomfield enacted Ordinance 2313, an 18-month data center pause (through Dec 2027).
Meets: See the city's published council meeting calendar
Where: George Di Ciero City and County Building, Broomfield, CO — check the council calendar for time and room
Public comment: See 'Participate in City Council Meetings' (broomfield.org/467) for how to give public comment; meetings are also streamed.
303-438-6300 · website
Read from the official page on 2026-08-07. Meeting details change — confirm before you go.
Who votes on it
| Name | Role | Phone | Recorded stance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guyleen Castriotta | Mayor | — | 303-438-6300 | not recorded |
| Jean Lim | Mayor Pro Tem | — | 303-438-6300 | not recorded |
| Sarah Braun | Council Member | — | 303-438-6300 | not recorded |
| Julie Twiss | Council Member | — | 303-438-6300 | not recorded |
| Katie Peterson | Council Member | — | 303-438-6300 | not recorded |
| Paloma Delgadillo | Council Member | — | 303-438-6300 | not recorded |
| Austin Ward | Council Member | — | 303-438-6300 | not recorded |
| Laurie Anderson | Council Member | — | 303-438-6300 | not recorded |
| Sean McKenzie | Council Member | — | 303-438-6300 | not recorded |
| Heidi Henkel | Council Member | — | 303-438-6300 | not recorded |
| Todd Cohen | Council Member | — | 303-438-6300 | not recorded |
From the locality's own roster page; "not recorded" means no public statement is on file, not neutrality.
What to do next
- Questions to ask at the hearing — force specific answers onto the record.
- Estimate the impact — electricity, water, and rate pressure for any facility size in Colorado.
- Model CBA clauses — copy-paste language communities have actually won.
- Colorado briefing — rates, grid carbon, PUC contacts, and every fight in the state.
Elsewhere in Colorado
As of August 2026 · changes weekly — re-check before citing
Illustrative rather than exhaustive — dozens of localities churn weekly, and this tracks the ones we have read a source for. **Each row carries its own provenance.** Rows showing a verification date link to the ordinance, the enacting body's own page, or a datable report of the vote, and were read on that date. Rows marked *unverified* came from bulk compilation and have not been checked against a primary source — the locality, the year, and the status may all be off. Verify one of those with the town clerk before citing it as precedent. **Expiry is derived, not asserted.** A row with a documented end date flips to *Expired* on its own once that date passes. A time-limited moratorium whose start date was never documented keeps showing as enacted — that is a known gap, not a claim that it is still in force. Moratoriums are also routinely extended, so an expiry date is the earliest it could have ended, not proof that it did.
Part of the U.S. data center moratorium tracker — open data, CC BY 4.0.