Aerotropolis Logistics Center data center site plan
A second large data center plan has shown up in Aurora's online development portal, for about 500 acres east of The Aurora Highlands. The land is zoned industrial, where data centers are allowed. No power or water details are public yet.
Where things stand: Site plan listed in Aurora's development portal (Oct 2026); land is zoned industrial.
🕒 Latest update (Oct 1, 2026): The Denver Gazette reported a proposed site plan for about 500 acres of data centers in Aurora's development portal.
What we know
- 📍 Wherebetween 26th and 48th Avenues and Aerotropolis Parkway and Monaghan Road, east of The Aurora Highlands, about 3 miles south of Denver International Airport, Aurora, Adams County
- 🏢 CompanyAerotropolis Industrial Development
- 🌳 Size500 acres
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- How much power and water would the Aerotropolis Logistics Center data centers use? 🙋 I'll find out
- Who would run the data centers there? 🙋 I'll find out
- Is the separate 1.5 million-square-foot data center campus filed Oct. 12, 2026 the same project? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- Oct 1, 2026The Denver Gazette reported a proposed site plan for about 500 acres of data centers in Aurora's development portal.
Local votes and rules
📜 Data center rules
Aurora City Council banned water-heavy evaporative cooling in new commercial, apartment and industrial buildings, including data centers. It does not apply to the city's existing data centers. Rules on setbacks, noise and screening are still being written.
📌 Other
Aurora City Council rejected a pause on new data centers; the mayor broke a tie. Instead it voted 7-4 to write data center rules, starting with a ban on water-heavy evaporative cooling and setbacks and buffers near some mixed-use areas.
An aerial photo of the area.
Where this comes from
- Second large data center proposed for Aurora Highlands area · Colorado Politics / Denver Gazette · Oct 1, 2026
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