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DataBank DEN5, Centennial II

Centennial, Arapahoe County, Colorado · All 23 DataBank sites

OperatingNo reception on recordRecord updated August 26, 2026

DataBank DEN5, Centennial II is an operating data center in Centennial, Colorado (Arapahoe County), operated by DataBank. The public record puts it at 16 MW operating.

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Facility record

Operating

Operator
DataBank
Facility type
Data center
Location
6961 S. Quentin Street, Centennial, Arapahoe County, CO, 80112
Coordinates
39.5901, -104.8470
Power capacity
16 MW operating
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
Xcel Energy
Power source
Grid
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
No reception on record
Source confidence
Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

  1. August 26, 2026
    Operating
    Listed by the operator as part of the operational Centennial Campus. Source: DataBank

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of August 26, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over DataBank DEN5, Centennial II in Centennial, Arapahoe County, Colorado appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

If you live near this site and something is happening that this page does not show, that is worth telling us. Send us the document and it goes in the record with the source attached. For sites where opposition is already established, see every contested site we track.

Power and water

Campus powered by an Xcel Energy off-site substation; operator markets a 100% renewable energy source.

Notes on the record

56,000 IT sq ft, 16 MW critical IT load, 11 onsite carriers. Adjacent to DataBank DEN2 on an 11-acre shared Centennial Campus (acreage is campus-level and therefore not recorded on this site record). Originally slated to open in early 2024.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Land area
  • How the community has received it
Which document closes each gap
Cooling method and water use
The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
Land area
The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.

Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.

Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the DataBank DEN5, Centennial II data center in Centennial?

Nothing on record as of August 26, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over DataBank DEN5, Centennial II in Centennial, Arapahoe County, Colorado appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the DataBank DEN5, Centennial II data center?

No lawsuit over DataBank DEN5, Centennial II appears in the record we track as of August 26, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does DataBank DEN5, Centennial II use?

No water withdrawal figure for DataBank DEN5, Centennial II is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates DataBank DEN5, Centennial II, and how big is it?

DataBank is the operator on record. We hold 23 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 16 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "DataBank DEN5, Centennial II," updated August 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/databank-den5-centennial-co.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/databank-den5-centennial-co, retrieved September 14, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

  1. 1.DEN5 Data Center, Centennial Campus, Denver · DataBank · retrieved August 26, 2026
  2. 2.Centennial Campus Data Center, Denver · DataBank · retrieved August 26, 2026

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