Colorado local moratoria
Every local infrastructure moratorium in the inventory for Colorado, current through August 19, 2026.
13 instruments — 12 in force, 0 pending, 1 past.
State policy is tracked separately: 4 actions (4 bills) in state_legislation.csv. These are not included in the local count above.
| Jurisdiction | Type | Enacted | Sectors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archuleta County | County | 2026-06-16 | data center | 🟢 Active |
| Boulder County | County | 2026-06-02 | data center | 🟢 Active |
| Broomfield | City | 2026-07-07 | data center | 🟢 Active |
| Buena Vista | Town | 2026-06-09 | data center | 🟢 Active |
| Delta County | County | 2026-07-07 | data center | 🟢 Active |
| Denver | City | 2026-05-18 | data center | 🟢 Active |
| Hudson | Town | 2026-07-01 | data center | 🟢 Active |
| Jefferson County | County | 2026-05-19 | data center | 🟢 Active |
| Larimer County | County | 2026-01-27 | data center | 🟢 Extended |
| Logan County | County | 2025-10-21 | data center, battery storage, solar, wind | ⚪ Replaced |
| Monument | Town | 2026-07-20 | data center | 🟢 Active |
| South Fork | Town | 2026-06-18 | data center | 🟢 Active |
| Woodland Park | City | 2026-07-16 | data center | 🟢 Active |
Detailed entries
Archuleta County
- Type: County
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: Board of County Commissioners unanimously adopted Resolution 2026-47 on 2026-06-16.
- Normalized date:
2026-06-16(exact) - Duration: Six-month data center moratorium barring pre-submittal activity and the acceptance or processing of planning, building, engineering, and other development applications for data center facilities through December 15, 2026, unless terminated or extended.
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
co-archuleta-county-2026 - Legal basis: Archuleta County Resolution 2026-47 (reported; a standalone signed copy was not located in the county portal reviewed)
- What prompted it: —
- Affected projects: —
- Detailed status: Active six-month moratorium through approximately 2026-12-15 unless terminated or extended. [VERIFY primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.55 in the 2026-07 refresh]
- Outcome: —
Boulder County
- Type: County
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-06-02, Commissioners adoption
- Normalized date:
2026-06-02(exact) - Duration: Six months
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
co-boulder-county-2026 - Legal basis: Not confirmed this pass (news-sourced only)
- What prompted it: —
- Affected projects: New applications for data centers (and detention centers) in industrial areas
- Detailed status: Reported active per news; not independently confirmed via a primary county resolution text [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.6 in the 2026-07 refresh]
- Outcome: Commissioners voted unanimously for a six-month moratorium on accepting applications for data centers and detention centers in industrial areas
Broomfield
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: City Council voted 9-0 to adopt Ordinance 2313 on second and final reading, 2026-07-07.
- Normalized date:
2026-07-07(exact) - Duration: Stops acceptance, pre-submittal activity, and processing for new or expanded data center facilities and other large energy users with projected loads of at least 10 MW. The pause lasts 18 months from its effective date, or until relevant municipal definitions and standards are adopted, whichever occurs first; council retained authority to extend it. Effective seven days after publication following final passage.
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
co-broomfield-2026 - Legal basis: City and County of Broomfield Ordinance 2313
- What prompted it: —
- Affected projects: —
- Detailed status: Active 18-month moratorium.
- Outcome: —
Buena Vista
- Type: Town
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: Board of Trustees voted 6-0 to adopt Emergency Ordinance 2026-13 on 2026-06-09, following a 2026-05-20 Planning and Zoning Commission introductory discussion and 2026-05-12 Board of Trustees support for staff work.
- Normalized date:
2026-06-09(exact) - Duration: Pauses acceptance, processing, and approval of applications for principal-use data centers through December 9, 2026, unless shortened or extended. Accessory computer/server equipment serving another lawful principal use is excluded.
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
co-buena-vista-2026 - Legal basis: Town of Buena Vista Emergency Ordinance 2026-13
- What prompted it: Followed Planning and Zoning Commission discussion of treating data centers as a distinct land use.
- Affected projects: —
- Detailed status: Active moratorium through 2026-12-09 unless shortened or extended.
- Outcome: —
Delta County
- Type: County
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: Board of County Commissioners adopted Resolution R-18 on 2026-07-07.
- Normalized date:
2026-07-07(exact) - Duration: Temporary moratorium on data center facility applications in unincorporated Delta County, covering pre-submittal activity and planning, building, engineering, and other development applications. Scheduled to expire January 7, 2027, or when the county adopts permanent regulations, whichever occurs first.
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
co-delta-county-2026 - Legal basis: Delta County Resolution R-18
- What prompted it: County review will consider land-use compatibility, water and energy demand, infrastructure, noise, environmental effects, emergency response, and economic development.
- Affected projects: —
- Detailed status: Active moratorium through 2027-01-07 unless permanent regulations are adopted sooner.
- Outcome: —
Denver
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-05-18 (City Council final passage of Council Bill 26-0431 at second reading/public hearing, unanimous); signed by the Mayor 2026-05-20; effective 2026-05-21
- Normalized date:
2026-05-18(exact) - Duration: One year from the effective date (2026-05-21, i.e. nominally through 2027-05-21), or upon adoption of amendments to the Denver Revised Municipal Code and a text amendment to the Denver Zoning Code addressing data centers, per Section 5 of the ordinance as filed and passed without amendment to that section: 'This moratorium shall expire the earlier of: (a) One year from the effective date of this ordinance; or (b) The effective date of any amendments to the Denver Revised Municipal Code regarding data centers and any text amendment to the Denver Zoning Code regarding data centers, whichever occurs later.' (The 'earlier of ... whichever occurs later' phrasing is the ordinance's own internal drafting inconsistency, quoted verbatim.)
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
co-denver-2026 - Legal basis: Council Bill 26-0431 (Series of 2026), passed by City Council on final consideration 2026-05-18 and signed by the Mayor 2026-05-20; effective 2026-05-21. The final assigned ordinance/enactment number was not located in the Legistar summary view accessed in this pass [VERIFY final assigned ordinance/enactment number].
- What prompted it: No data-center-specific zoning regulations; concerns about water, energy, ratepayer cost shifting, noise, air quality, siting, and impacts on vulnerable communities.
- Affected projects: Existing and already permitted projects would not be stopped. CoreSite DE3 phase one at 4900 Race Street is under construction; future phases had not been permitted as of captured reporting.
- Detailed status: Active. Adopted by City Council 2026-05-18 (final passage at second reading/public hearing), signed by the Mayor 2026-05-20, effective 2026-05-21. No repeal, amendment, or Denver Zoning Code/Municipal Code data-center text amendment that would end the moratorium early was found as of 2026-07-31.
- Outcome: If enacted, Denver would use the pause for a working group and possible amendments to zoning, building, energy, green/climate, and municipal code provisions.
Hudson
- Type: Town
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: Town Council unanimously approved Ordinance 26-13 on second/final reading (6-0) on 2026-07-01, following a 5-1 first reading on 2026-06-17.
- Normalized date:
2026-07-01(exact) - Duration: Temporary moratorium on new data center facility applications while the town evaluates land-use and infrastructure regulations. Precise duration, effective date, and exceptions were not located in reviewed sources.
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
co-hudson-2026 - Legal basis: Town of Hudson Ordinance 26-13
- What prompted it: —
- Affected projects: —
- Detailed status: Reported as adopted 2026-07-01; the executed ordinance text was not located, so duration and scope remain unverified. [VERIFY details not confirmed at confidence 0.6 in the 2026-07 refresh]
- Outcome: —
Jefferson County
- Type: County
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-05-19
- Normalized date:
2026-05-19(exact) - Duration: Through March 2027
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
co-jefferson-county-2026 - Legal basis: County board action (exact resolution/ordinance instrument not confirmed in this pass)
- What prompted it: Concerns about weighing environmental impacts against economic benefits of data center development
- Affected projects: Not specified in the source reviewed.
- Detailed status: Moratorium on new data center applications and zoning in effect through March 2027, per news reporting.
- Outcome: County weighing environmental impacts against economic benefits before allowing new data center applications.
Larimer County
- Type: County
- Status: 🟢 Extended
- Date enacted: 2026-01-27
- Normalized date:
2026-01-27(exact) - Duration: Initial 30 days from 2026-01-27 (Resolution, Reception No. 20260005307); extended six months to 2026-08-25 by a resolution signed 2026-04-07 (Reception No. 20260016505), following a 2026-02-09 public hearing; extended a second time, six more months, to 2026-02-25 (2027), by a resolution signed 2026-07-13 (Reception No. 20260034886), following a 2026-07-13 public hearing.
- Current end date:
2027-02-25 - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
co-larimer-county-2026 - Legal basis: Resolution to Establish a Temporary Moratorium on Data Center Facilities in Larimer County, Colorado, signed 2026-01-27, Larimer County Clerk & Recorder Reception No. 20260005307 (initial 30 days); Resolution to Establish a Temporary Moratorium on Data Center Facilities in Larimer County, Colorado (extension), signed 2026-04-07, Reception No. 20260016505 (extends through 2026-08-25, following the 2026-02-09 hearing); Resolution to Extend the Temporary Moratorium on Data Center Facilities in Larimer County, Colorado, signed 2026-07-13, Reception No. 20260034886 (extends through 2026-02-25, 2027, following the 2026-07-13 hearing). Authority cited: C.R.S. section 30-28-121 (temporary regulations, not to exceed six months).
- What prompted it: Larimer County Land Use Code had no definitions or regulations for data center uses; county cited water consumption, power usage, noise, aesthetics, heat effects, and suitable zoning.
- Affected projects: No site-specific data center applications had been submitted as of the county's 2026-04-23 update.
- Detailed status: Active through 2026-02-25, 2027, per a second extension resolution signed 2026-07-13 (recorded 2026-07-14, Clerk & Recorder Reception No. 20260034886), following a 2026-07-13 public hearing. No Land Use Code amendments addressing data centers had been adopted as of that extension; a public survey that closed 2026-06-12 reportedly found 94% of respondents opposed to data center construction.
- Outcome: County is drafting Land Use Code definitions and standards and opened a public survey through 2026-06-12.
Logan County
- Type: County
- Status: ⚪ Replaced
- Date enacted: 2025-10-21
- Normalized date:
2025-10-21(exact) - Duration: 180 days as adopted; replaced by Resolution 2026-5 (effective 2026-02-17) before the full term elapsed
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center, battery storage, solar, wind
- Moratorium ID:
co-logan-county-2025 - Legal basis: Resolution 2025-25
- What prompted it: County needed time to draft regulations before accepting or processing applications for data center, battery, solar, and wind facilities; meeting records cited grid, infrastructure, agricultural land, and land use compatibility concerns.
- Affected projects: County Commissioners' October 14, 2025 work-session minutes record a briefing by developer Blake Marcus (Granite Renewables) and consultant Ben Gager (SWCA Environmental Consultants) describing a proposed project east and west of County Road 9 (approximately 21 miles northwest of Sterling) at close to 2 GW nameplate capacity, including 1 GW of on-site natural gas generation, 630 MW of solar as ancillary power, and 1,800 MWh of battery storage. Commissioner Yahn noted the moratorium had already been planned before this specific proposal surfaced. As of a January 2026 hearing, commissioners stated no formal permit application had yet been received.
- Detailed status: Replaced. All four facility types covered by Resolution 2025-25 were superseded by their own permanent regulation resolutions, each with an explicit rescission clause tied back to Resolution 2025-25: Resolution 2026-4 (Battery Energy Storage Systems, effective 2026-02-17), Resolution 2026-5 (Data Center Facilities, effective 2026-02-17), Resolution 2026-6 (Solar Energy / Community Solar Garden, effective 2026-02-17), and Resolution 2026-11 (Wind Energy Facilities, adopted 2026-04-07, shortly before the moratorium's own ~2026-04-19 lapse date). None of the four components lapsed unaddressed.
- Outcome: Resolution 2026-5 adopted Data Center Facility regulations. The county planning page lists Resolution 2026-5 among amended regulations effective 2026-02-17 and 2026-04-07.
Monument
- Type: Town
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: Town Council voted 6-0 to adopt Ordinance 18-2026 on 2026-07-20.
- Normalized date:
2026-07-20(exact) - Duration: Six-month moratorium on permit and land-development applications that include a data center as a principal or accessory use.
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
co-monument-2026 - Legal basis: Town of Monument Ordinance 18-2026
- What prompted it: No data center proposal was pending; staff planned to address data centers in a broader rewrite of the land-development code.
- Affected projects: —
- Detailed status: Active six-month moratorium.
- Outcome: —
South Fork
- Type: Town
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: Reported passage of Emergency Ordinance 2026-03, per a published legal notice dated around 2026-06-18 to 2026-06-30.
- Normalized date:
2026-06-18(unverified) - Duration: One-year pause on permit and site-development applications for new primary-use data centers while the town considers code amendments and community engagement.
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
co-south-fork-2026 - Legal basis: Emergency Ordinance 2026-03, as reported in a published legal notice. Jurisdiction identity is disputed: the notice's heading, recitals, and operative provisions identify South Fork, but the adoption clause instead references 'Town of Center.'
- What prompted it: —
- Affected projects: —
- Detailed status: Reported as active per the legal notice; jurisdiction not confirmed against a signed municipal copy. [VERIFY primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.45 in the 2026-07 refresh]
- Outcome: —
Woodland Park
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: City Council adopted Ordinance 1525 on 2026-07-16, following a first reading on 2026-06-18.
- Normalized date:
2026-07-16(exact) - Duration: Pauses submission, acceptance, processing, review, hearings, approval, and siting of new or expanded data centers while the city develops definitions and land-use, water, and wastewater rules. The city-posted first-reading ordinance specified 12 months, but contemporaneous reporting on the final adoption says the final moratorium lasts 18 months. A signed final ordinance showing the amendment and final effective date was not located, so the exact duration is unresolved.
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
co-woodland-park-2026 - Legal basis: City of Woodland Park Ordinance 1525 (Series 2026)
- What prompted it: No data center proposal was pending at the time of adoption; described as a proactive measure.
- Affected projects: —
- Detailed status: Adopted 2026-07-16; duration conflicting between 12 months (first-reading document) and 18 months (adoption-day news report). [VERIFY details not confirmed at confidence 0.6 in the 2026-07 refresh]
- Outcome: —
Source: moratorium_inventory.csv · Methodology · Codebook.