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Data center campus · Near County Road 4 and 50th Avenue, northeast Brighton, Weld County, Colorado

Northeast Brighton data center campus (County Road 4 and 50th Avenue)

Withdrawn as of Oct. 5, 2026

A plan for eight two-story data center buildings totaling about 2.5 million square feet in northeast Brighton, withdrawn after residents found it through open-records requests.

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PowerNot statedNot reported in the records found
Floor area2,500,000sq ft

Who is behind it

ProjectNortheast Brighton data center campus (County Road 4 and 50th Avenue)
Developer and teamAlberta Development Partners
Dewberry (planning firm)
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.

The record, newest first

  1. The developers withdrew the rezoning application on the Monday before the council's Oct. 6 meeting; the date is inferred from Denver7's Oct. 7 story, which says only 'Monday afternoon.' (Denver7, Oct. 7, 2026)

  2. Denver7 reported that the city had a rezoning application for the site that had not yet reached a council hearing, and that the mayor pro tem planned to propose a pause on data center applications. (Denver7, Sept. 23, 2026)

  3. Dewberry had held pre-application meetings with city officials in January and July 2025, which residents later learned of through records requests. (Denver7, Sept. 23, 2026; Denver7, Oct. 7, 2026)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Neither acreage nor power was reported, so the 50 MW and 100-acre tests cannot be applied directly; it is listed for its size (2.5 million square feet) and the public record of the contest.
  • County: no parcel was reported. OpenStreetMap places County Road 4 about a mile north of the county line near 50th Avenue, and the Census geocoder puts that point in Weld County, so Weld is entered; part of the site could lie in Adams County. Coordinates are approximate.
  • Denver7 asked both firms for comment and had not heard back at publication.

The full record

Status note
The developers pulled the rezoning application the day before Brighton's council took up a moratorium.
Power note
No power figure appears in the coverage opened.
Evidence
News reports; primary records not yet obtained
Size class
Under 50 MW (outside main scope; kept for completeness)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Nov. 7, 2026.