Colorado data center and energy laws

What it would do: Establishes comprehensive regulatory framework for large-load data centers requiring operators to achieve 100% renewable energy annually and hourly matching percentages determined by the Public Utilities Commission, pay all infrastructure costs, contribute to demand-side management programs, optimize water use, and comply with labor standards and community benefit agreements in disproportionately impacted communities.

What it would do: Creates the Colorado Data Center Development Authority to certify data centers meeting investment, employment, and environmental standards, and grants certified data center operators a 20-year state sales and use tax exemption on qualified purchases beginning January 1, 2027.

What it would do: Creates consumer-regulated electric utilities exempt from public utility regulation to serve new nonresidential loads, while requiring compliance with environmental, safety, building, and workplace laws. Such utilities cease exemption if they interconnect with the regulated electric grid.

What it would do: Creates a data center development incentive program providing certified data centers a 20-year state sales and use tax exemption on qualified purchases if they invest $250 million, create 25 jobs at 110% county average wage, and meet environmental and workforce development requirements.