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Visa OCC North & OCC South Data Centers (Highlands Ranch)

Highlands Ranch, Douglas County, Colorado

OperatingNo reception on recordRecord updated October 19, 2026

Visa OCC North & OCC South Data Centers (Highlands Ranch) is an operating data center in Highlands Ranch, Colorado (Douglas County), operated by Visa Inc.

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Facility record

Operating

Operator
Visa Inc.
Facility type
Data center
Location
Highlands Ranch, Douglas County, CO, 80129
Coordinates
39.5536, -104.9945 (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
No reception on record
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.

  1. October 19, 2026
    Operating
    Uptime Institute lists Visa's OCC North and OCC South data centers in Highlands Ranch. Source: Uptime Institute

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of October 19, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Visa OCC North & OCC South Data Centers (Highlands Ranch) in Highlands Ranch, Douglas 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.

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

Notes on the record

Two Visa data centers (OCC North and OCC South) in Highlands Ranch per Uptime Institute. The coordinates are the OSM point for Visa Inc. on S Ridgeline Blvd, not a confirmed point for each building. No capacity is published.

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
  • How the community has received it
  • 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.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in 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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Our reporting on this site

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 Visa OCC North & OCC South Data Centers (Highlands Ranch) data center in Highlands Ranch?

Nothing on record as of October 19, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Visa OCC North & OCC South Data Centers (Highlands Ranch) in Highlands Ranch, Douglas 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 Visa OCC North & OCC South Data Centers (Highlands Ranch) data center?

No lawsuit over Visa OCC North & OCC South Data Centers (Highlands Ranch) appears in the record we track as of October 19, 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 Visa OCC North & OCC South Data Centers (Highlands Ranch) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Visa OCC North & OCC South Data Centers (Highlands Ranch) 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 Visa OCC North & OCC South Data Centers (Highlands Ranch), and how big is it?

Visa Inc. is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Visa OCC North & OCC South Data Centers (Highlands Ranch)," updated October 19, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/visa-occ-highlands-ranch-co.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/visa-occ-highlands-ranch-co, retrieved October 29, 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.Uptime Institute awards: Visa Inc. data centers · Uptime Institute · retrieved October 19, 2026
  2. 2.OSM Nominatim: Visa Inc., South Ridgeline Boulevard, Highlands Ranch · OpenStreetMap · retrieved October 19, 2026

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