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Longmont council directs staff to draft ban on hyperscale data centers and standards for smaller facilities
Summary
Councilmember Popkin proposed two measures to protect Longmont’s utilities and ratepayers from very large data centers. Council voted unanimously to pursue a ban on hyperscale facilities (≥100 MW) and 5–2 to direct staff to develop use‑specific standards for smaller data centers, with advisory‑board input and further study.
Councilmember Popkin told the council on April 28 that communities across the country are racing to respond to rapid growth in data‑center construction and that Longmont’s status as a municipal utility provider gives the city unique leverage to set local limits.
Popkin moved to direct the city manager to draft an ordinance that would ban “hyperscale” data centers—defined in the motion as facilities with a projected or contracted peak electrical demand of 100 megawatts or greater, including phased load expansions—on city lands. Mayor Pro Tem McCoy seconded the…
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