Townsite Solar 2 data center near Boulder City
A company first approved to build solar near Boulder City got federal approval to build a 167 MW data center instead. Boulder City and environmental groups appealed, and a federal board paused the project in September 2026. A city planning board had earlier rejected the company's plan for city land.
Where things stand: BLM approved it, but a federal appeals board paused it on Sept. 1, 2026 while appeals go on.
🕒 Latest update (Sept 1, 2026): Interior Board of Land Appeals paused the project while the appeals are decided.
What we know
- 📍 Wherefederal (BLM) land near Boulder City, first approved for a solar farm, Clark County
- 🏢 CompanyTownsite Solar 2, LLC
- 🏛️ Owned bySkylar Capital Management
- 🌳 Size80 acres
- ⚡ Power it needs167 megawatts (about as much as 133,600 homes)
- 🔌 Where the power comes fromGrid power plus a 70 MW battery
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- Is the BLM site inside or just outside Boulder City limits? Sources disagree. 🙋 I'll find out
- How much water would the data center use? 🙋 I'll find out
- When will the appeals board decide? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- 2023BLM approved a solar and battery project on the site.
- June 2026BLM approved switching the site to a data center.
- July 2026Boulder City and environmental groups appealed the BLM approval.
- Sept 1, 2026Interior Board of Land Appeals paused the project while the appeals are decided.
Local votes and rules
⚖️ Court case
Boulder City Council voted unanimously to appeal the federal Bureau of Land Management's approval of the Townsite Solar 2 data center on BLM land and to ask for a stay. The city says the BLM skipped required steps. In early September 2026 an administrative judge granted the stay, so the project is paused for now.
✋ Turned down
Boulder City's Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City Council deny Townsite Solar 2's request to build an AI data center on city-owned land in the Eldorado Valley. In July the developer withdrew its city request and moved the project onto federal (BLM) land next door.
An aerial photo of the area.
Where this comes from
- Judge orders pause on Boulder City data center · The Nevada Independent · Sept 1, 2026
- Federal board halts data center project near Boulder City · FOX5 Las Vegas · Sept 1, 2026
- What steps are Southern Nevada leaders taking — or not taking — to regulate the growing data center industry? · KTNV · Sept 2026
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