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Brighton Data Center Complex (County Road 4 & 50th Avenue)

Brighton, Weld County, Colorado

ProposedOpposedRecord updated September 30, 2026

Brighton Data Center Complex (County Road 4 & 50th Avenue) is a proposed data center in Brighton, Colorado (Weld County), operated by Undisclosed developer (Dewberry-planned rezoning application). It faces documented, organized local opposition.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator
Undisclosed developer (Dewberry-planned rezoning application)
Facility type
Data center
Location
Brighton, Weld County, CO
Coordinates
40.0150, -104.7523 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
Not established from a public source
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
Opposed
Source confidence
Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Organized local opposition to Brighton Data Center Complex (County Road 4 & 50th Avenue) in Brighton, Weld County, Colorado is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Northeast Brighton residents organized against the plan over water, noise and health concerns.

A new status, a permit, a reception finding, or a lawsuit. Nothing else, ever.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.

Northeast Brighton residents organized against the plan over water, noise and health concerns. Mayor Pro Tem Peter Padilla plans to propose a 90-day moratorium at the October 6 council meeting.

Source: Denver7

Notes on the record

The plan is eight two-story data center buildings, about 315,000 sq ft each and 2.52 million sq ft in total, in the Weld County portion of Brighton near County Road 4 and 50th Avenue. The city has received a rezoning application but no public hearing has been held. Planning firm Dewberry held pre-application meetings with city staff in January and July of the prior year. The developer and end user are not named, and no MW or acreage is disclosed. Coordinates are an approximate point at WCR 4 and N 50th Ave from OSM/Nominatim, not a parcel. This may relate to the aggregator-listed 'Cielo Hudson' Weld County site, but no source links them.

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.

  • Power capacity in megawatts
  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Land area
  • Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
Power capacity in megawatts
The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
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.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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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.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Brighton Data Center Complex (County Road 4 & 50th Avenue) in Brighton?

Yes. Organized local opposition to Brighton Data Center Complex (County Road 4 & 50th Avenue) in Brighton, Weld County, Colorado is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Northeast Brighton residents organized against the plan over water, noise and health concerns.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Brighton Data Center Complex (County Road 4 & 50th Avenue)?

No lawsuit over Brighton Data Center Complex (County Road 4 & 50th Avenue) appears in the record we track as of September 30, 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 Brighton Data Center Complex (County Road 4 & 50th Avenue) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Brighton Data Center Complex (County Road 4 & 50th Avenue) 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 Brighton Data Center Complex (County Road 4 & 50th Avenue), and how big is it?

Undisclosed developer (Dewberry-planned rezoning application) is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Brighton Data Center Complex (County Road 4 & 50th Avenue)," updated September 30, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/undisclosed-brighton-cr4-50th-ave-co.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.0 (September 21, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/undisclosed-brighton-cr4-50th-ave-co, retrieved October 1, 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.Brighton residents uncover proposal for massive data center campus, spurring potential moratorium · Denver7 · retrieved September 30, 2026
  2. 2.Plan for massive data center spurs call for Brighton pause · BizWest · retrieved September 30, 2026

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