Global AI Data Center
Windsor, Weld County, CODeveloper: Global AI
Also known as Carestream site data center
- Rumored
- Proposed
- Approved
- Under construction
- Operating
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New York-based Global AI plans a data center on 41 acres of the 438-acre former Carestream Health (Eastman Kodak) property at 2000 Howard Smith Avenue W near Windsor, starting at 27.5 MW with a stated goal of 1 GW by 2029. Weld County commissioners unanimously approved its special-use permit on Sept. 9, 2026, after the county had issued stop-work orders for unpermitted construction earlier in the summer.
- Permanent jobs (promised)
- 200
Key facts
Size & schedule
| Planned capacity | 1 GW [1] company goal of 1 GW by 2029 |
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| Phase 1 capacity | 27.5 MW [1] |
| Site size | 41 acres [1] data center footprint on a 438-acre property |
| Permanent jobs (promised) | 200 [1] |
| Construction jobs | 1,500 [1] approximately |
| Target completion | First data hall expected operational later in 2026 [1] |
How big is that? Data center sizes compared with football fields and Central Park.
Power
| Utility | Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association (35 MW committed) [1] Utility pages: Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association · data centers and bills |
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Water
| Water source | Initial fill of 65,000 gallons with about 6,500 gallons annual top-off [1] |
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| Cooling | closed-loop (permit condition) [1] |
Local decisions & site
| Deciding vote | Weld County Board of County Commissioners approved Use by Special Review permit USR26-0019, 5-0, on Sept. 9, 2026 [6]Source excerpt“The 5-0 vote followed an approximately eight-hour hearing on Sept. 9.” |
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Figures are as stated by the cited source. Where sources disagree, each figure is shown.
Water and power
Water
Not disclosed. No source reviewed gives a water figure for this site. The Census does not estimate one.
Disclosed figures only, each as the cited source states it. Many are projections or permit limits, not metered use. How data center water and power use is measured, and every disclosed figure →
Timeline
Global AI buys 438-acre former Carestream property for $15.6 million [4]
County issues three stop-work orders and a Notice of Violation over unpermitted equipment installation (summer 2026) [2]
Weld County Planning Commission votes 7-0 to recommend approval [7]
Board of County Commissioners votes 5-0 to approve Use by Special Review permit after eight-hour hearing [2]
Issues raised
- More than 400 written comments raised water and electricity demand, noise, and proximity to a planned 2,000-unit residential development [1]
- Of 39 public speakers at the hearing, 3 supported the project; residents cited the company's unpermitted construction [2][5]
- Residents criticized limited community outreach; a company representative acknowledged it may have been a fault [3]
Issues are concerns and claims raised by the parties, officials or residents named in the cited sources. They are reported as attributed, not as findings by the Census.
Sources
- Weld County commissioners approve permit for Global AI data centerColorado Newsline · Sep 10, 2026 · news
- Weld County officials approve construction of what could be the largest data center in the stateColorado Public Radio · Sep 10, 2026 · news
- Weld County approves data center near WindsorDenver7 · Sep 10, 2026 · news
- Weld County commissioners approve permit for Global AI data centerKUNC · Sep 12, 2026 · news
- Weld County officials vote to approve controversial data centerColorado Public Radio · Sep 9, 2026 · news
- Global AI Clears Weld County, Colorado Zoning Hurdle, Project Could Be State's Largest Data CenterConstructConnect · Sep 16, 2026 · news
- Weld County Commissioners approve Global AI data center permitWeld County · Sep 10, 2026 · government
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Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.
| APA | Data Center Census. (2026). Global AI Data Center. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/dc/global-ai-windsor-weld-county-co |
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| MLA | “Global AI Data Center.” Data Center Census, Sep 23, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/dc/global-ai-windsor-weld-county-co. |
| Link | https://datacentercensus.com/dc/global-ai-windsor-weld-county-co |
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