Data Center Registry
Granite Renewables Logan County Data Center Campus
Sterling, Logan County, Colorado
Granite Renewables Logan County Data Center Campus is a proposed data center in Sterling, Colorado (Logan County), operated by Granite Renewables. The public record puts it at 2 GW planned, 4,000 acres. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Granite Renewables
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Sterling, Logan County, CO
- Coordinates
- 40.6255, -103.2077 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 2 GW planned
- Land
- 4,000 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Power source
- Mixed
- 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
- Contested
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
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.
- December 17, 2025ProposedDeveloper began meeting Logan County officials in late summer/early fall 2025; no formal application had been submitted at the time of reporting. Source: Pagosa Daily Post (Big Pivots)
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Granite Renewables Logan County Data Center Campus in Sterling, Logan County, Colorado is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Logan County declared a moratorium on data centers, battery storage, solar and wind development in October 2025 while it wrote regulations; planning-commission recommendations went to the county commissioners on 2026-01-06.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.
Logan County declared a moratorium on data centers, battery storage, solar and wind development in October 2025 while it wrote regulations; planning-commission recommendations went to the county commissioners on 2026-01-06. Existing wind farms add roughly $2.5 million a year to the county tax base.
Power and water
Developer describes combining solar farms, battery storage and modular gas units with cooperative grid power; the serving cooperative is a member of Tri-State Generation and Transmission. Major natural gas lines run parallel to Interstate 80 within about 30 miles, in nearby Nebraska.
Notes on the record
Proposed hyperscale campus roughly 21 miles northwest of Sterling, 8-10 miles from the Nebraska border, discussed as up to 2 GW on about 4,000 acres. A $15 billion figure was attributed to a speaker describing investment across the corridor between Sterling and the Nebraska border, so it is deliberately NOT recorded as this site's investment. Coordinates are the Sterling town centroid (approximate); the site itself is northwest of town and has no confirmed parcel.
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
- Which utility serves 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.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Granite Renewables Logan County Data Center Campus in Sterling?
Yes. Granite Renewables Logan County Data Center Campus in Sterling, Logan County, Colorado is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Logan County declared a moratorium on data centers, battery storage, solar and wind development in October 2025 while it wrote regulations; planning-commission recommendations went to the county commissioners on 2026-01-06.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Granite Renewables Logan County Data Center Campus?
No lawsuit over Granite Renewables Logan County Data Center Campus 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 Granite Renewables Logan County Data Center Campus use?
No water withdrawal figure for Granite Renewables Logan County Data Center Campus 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 Granite Renewables Logan County Data Center Campus, and how big is it?
Granite Renewables is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 2 GW. The site is recorded at 4000 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Granite Renewables Logan County Data Center Campus," updated August 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/granite-renewables-logan-county-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/granite-renewables-logan-county-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.BIG PIVOTS: Massive Data Center Slated for Northeastern Colorado? Part One · Pagosa Daily Post (Big Pivots) · retrieved August 26, 2026
- 2.Gearing up for data centers · Big Pivots · retrieved August 26, 2026
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