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Boulder City Data Center Halted Temporarily as Stay Issued; New Review Possible
Judge David Gunter said the solar farm and data center are fundamentally dissimilar, and Boulder City could lose $2.3 million in annual tax revenue.
- On Tuesday, the Interior Board of Land Appeals granted a stay blocking construction of the Townsite Solar 2 data center on Bureau of Land Management land near Boulder City, Nevada.
- Administrative Judge David Gunter ruled the BLM acted "arbitrarily or capriciously" by relying on a 2023 solar farm environmental review to approve the 167-megawatt data center without conducting new analysis.
- Boulder City officials and environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and Center for Biological Diversity, appealed the approval, citing water consumption and precedent concerns for public lands.
- Construction remains paused while the panel considers legal challenges, a process potentially lasting years, despite developer Townsite Solar 2 claiming the delay would "materially damage the perception of this project."
- Nevada Rep. Dina Titus applauded the ruling, which ensures future data center proposals on public land face rigorous environmental review as the BLM considers other projects across Nevada.
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Judge halts data center construction on public land
A federal administrative court has temporarily revoked authorization to build a massive data center near Boulder City, concluding the federal government likely erred when it approved the project construction on public land without a proper environmental analysis. The Interior Board of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to approve the construction […]
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Arizona Daily SunJudge halts construction of embattled Boulder City data center on public land
A federal judge paused construction of a Boulder City data center on public land, siding with environmentalists and city officials challenging the BLM’s approval.
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