Denver Leaders Face Tough Questions After Data Center Company CoreSite Skips Community Meeting

By: Maggie Bryan | Denver7

DENVER — During a town hall on Tuesday night, residents of Denver’s Globeville and Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods demanded answers from city leaders, state officials, and business representatives about the impacts of a new data center being built in the area.

CoreSite, the company building the data center, did not attend the town hall and cited safety concerns as the reason it refrained from participating. A spokesperson for CoreSite told Denver7 its leadership team was concerned after seeing social media conversations about the community event, but did not elaborate further.

The company is currently constructing a 170,000-square-foot data center at Race Street and E. 49th Avenue in Denver, which will be one of three buildings as part of CoreSite’s campus expansion in the city. However, many neighbors continue to have concerns about the data center’s effects on pollution, utility bills, and water usage.

During Tuesday’s town hall, residents gathered expecting to get answers from CoreSite, but the company’s absence left many neighbors frustrated.

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