While the proposed Project Taurus data center awaits its city council hearing, we learn about another project being fast-tracked in southern Colorado Springs that will have data center equipment and needs, but we are told is not a data center. Project Primestone will begin with a facility requiring twice the electrical power of Project Taurus and may ultimately use four times Taurus’ 50 megawatt appetite.

Seth Palmer Harris, the reporter who has filed a story about Primestone in the Pikes Peak Bulletin, fills us in. The discussion includes various ways developers fund projects in Colorado Springs, including metro districts, urban renewal tax incentives and Tax Increment Financing. There is much more to the story, so listen to this episode and read the report in the Pikes Peak Bulletin.

NOTE: When Dave mention there will be many “NIMBYs” at the September 17 Colorado Springs City Council data center hearing, he does not mean it in a derogatory sense.

LINKS:

Project Primestone Isn’t A Data Center – It Will Just Look and Feel Like One

Fight to Save OCC Downtown Development Authority Ramps Up

The Rotten Roots of Project Taurus – Episode 154 of Peak Environment

52nd Annual Commonwheel Artists Co-Op Labor Day Weekend Art Festival

SinkMS MiniGolf Tournament

Creek Week 2026

10th annual COLORADO SHORT CIRCUIT Film Festival

Starlight Spectacular

MENTIONED:

Project Taurus proposed data center

Brandy Williams

Colorado Springs Urban Renewal Authority

Colorado Springs Gazette

Phil Anschutz

Commonwheel Artists Co-op

Independent Film Society of Colorado Springs

Gold Mine Mini Golf

National MS Society

Fountain Creek Watershed District

Trails and Open Space Coalition

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