A long line of concerned Colorado Springs residents wrapped around a hotel hosting a community meeting for a proposed data center. Dubbed “Project Taurus,” plans call for retrofitting an existing industrial space into an artificial intelligence data center. The owner of the space, California-based AI real estate company Raeden, has asked the city to approve the new use.
It was the first public meeting for the data center plan, with standing room only, and a warning from the fire marshal that the room was overcrowded. Organizers broke up what was supposed to be one meeting into two separate meetings as a result of the turnout
Raeden co-founder Jason Green fielded questions on how the data center, if approved, would impact nearby communities and the city…