As data center debates get heated, local group encourages public to share comments

Colorado Springs leaders delay decision on Project Taurus data center

Members of the Colorado Springs City Council voted Thursday night to postpone a decision over a controversial data center project near Garden of the Gods. It came after a daylong hearing with hours of public comment and rebuttal from representatives of Raeden, the California-based company seeking to turn a former microchip factory into a large […]

As data center debates get heated, local group encourages public to share comments

Colorado Springs police said three people were arrested at a Thursday meeting that was focused on a proposal for a data center in the city.

Colorado Springs delays data center vote after raucous hearing

A raucous all-day hearing led to a delay until April for a final Colorado Springs City Council vote on a controversial new data center.

Colorado Springs City Council tables data center vote until April 13, 2027

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- The Colorado Springs City Council voted to table the vote on the controversial data center until April 13 of 2027. It brings to an intense meeting to an end, in which three people were arrested. This story will be updated.

UPDATE: City Council votes to postpone Project Taurus vote until 2027

UPDATE: THURSDAY 9/17/2026 6:46 p.m. (COLORADO SPRINGS) — Colorado Springs City Council voted to postpone the vote on the appeal of Project Taurus until April 13, 2027, following hours of public testimony and questions at a tense hearing on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. The proposal by Councilmember Roland Rainey Jr. is to give time for [...]

Colorado Springs Delays $1B Project Taurus Data Center to 2027

Colorado Springs City Council voted 7–2 late Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026, to postpone a final decision on the contested Project Taurus data center until April 13, 2027, after an 11-hour public hearing that turned chaotic and briefly violent. The delay amounts to a de facto moratorium on the city’s first AI data center, pushing the […]