June 18, 2026
225 Interconnection Requests, One Filter: ERCOT Sorts Real From PaperContrast Colorado, where the legislature failed to act in 2026 and Denver, Jefferson County, and Longmont filled the void with moratoriums and a 100 MW cap.
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Denver, Colorado is a major hub for cryptocurrency mining and data center development due to its access to affordable hydroelectric power from the Rocky Mountain region, though it operates outside Texas's energy regulatory framework.
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May 29, 2026
Denmark Rations the Queue. Texas Developers With Land, Water, and Power Move First.Boom Supersonic's "Superpower" 42 MW gas turbine in a 40-foot container runs without water cooling, and the company says Texas and North Carolina are courting it as Denver and Jefferson County imposed datacenter moratoriums in May.
May 21, 2026
Dallas, Austin, West Texas Sweep the Global Top ThreeColorado's only statewide datacenter water reporting bill died 9-0 in committee, fragmenting compliance into Denver, Aurora, and Jefferson County moratoria.
May 20, 2026
Water Plan Skips the 400 GW Queue. Smart Developers Won't.Denver's unanimous one-year moratorium, triggered by CoreSite's DE3 facility (14 diesel generators 70 feet from a respiratory clinic, 230,000 gallons/day projected), shows what happens when site adjacency and water disclosure aren't front-loaded.
March 2, 2026
Developers Face 300 Bills and One Hard Truth: Water Has No WorkaroundDenver announced a moratorium targeting CoreSite's campus expansion in north Denver.
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