Data center project · Clark County, Nevada
Townsite Solar 2 data center, Boulder City
Stalled · A data center BLM approved on land permitted for solar, now on hold after Boulder City and conservation groups appealed.
- Status
- Stalled · as of Sept. 1, 2026
- Location
- Federal land near I-11/U.S. 95, Boulder City · Clark County
- Status note
- The Interior Board of Land Appeals stayed BLM's approval while appeals proceed; BLM later asked to redo its review.
- Power
- 167 MW
Power the data center would consume, as reported by Electrek; not a generator rating. - Land
- 80 acres
- Developer and team
- Townsite Solar 2, LLC (Skylar Capital; Arevon minority stake)
- Water
- Developer says waterless cooling.
- Evidence
- News reports; primary records not yet obtained
- Size class
- 50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Updates, newest first
- Sept. 24, 2026 The Review-Journal reported BLM asked the judge to let it conduct more review. (Las Vegas Review-Journal (via GovTech), Sept. 24, 2026)
- Sept. 1, 2026 The board stayed BLM's decision, finding the appellants likely to show the environmental analysis was insufficient. (FOX5 Las Vegas, Sept. 1, 2026; KTNV Channel 13, Sept. 8, 2026)
- July 14, 2026 The Boulder City Council voted unanimously to appeal to the Interior Board of Land Appeals. (Electrek, July 29, 2026)
- June 26, 2026 BLM approved an amended right-of-way to swap the 80-acre solar and battery project for a data center, reusing the earlier environmental review. (Electrek, July 29, 2026)
- May 2026 Boulder City's planning commission voted 6-1 to recommend denial of the developer's data center plan on 88.5 acres of city land; the developer later withdrew it. (Electrek, July 29, 2026; Boulder City Review, July 9, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
- Sources differ on whether the federal parcel is inside Boulder City limits (Electrek) or just outside (KTNV).
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