Critics Race to Stop Boulder City Data Center Before It Sets a National Precedent
The groups say the Bureau of Land Management skipped a new environmental review and that the project would use more than 560 acre-feet of water.
- On Monday, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club filed a federal administrative appeal challenging the Bureau of Land Management's June approval of the 167-megawatt Townsite Data Center near Boulder City.
- By swapping a previously authorized solar project for the data center, the BLM bypassed standard environmental review, which opponents claim unlawfully sidestepped public participation requirements.
- Appellants argue the project demands more than 560 acre-feet of water compared to 25 for the solar plan, while threatening habitat for the threatened Mojave desert tortoise in Eldorado Valley.
- As Hoover Dam hydropower capacity drops 70 percent, Boulder City officials also filed an appeal, warning the facility could consume three times the city's electrical load and increase resident utility prices.
- U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib introduced the No AI Data Centers on Federal Lands Act last week to ban such projects, while Nevada political candidates debate whether taxpayers should subsidize data centers on public land.
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“First Private Data Center” Approved On “Public Land” – Democrat Senator Alleges – 100PercentFedUp.com – by Danielle
Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) accused the Trump administration of approving the “first private data center on public land using a permit meant for a solar project.” “Instead of building clean energy to lower utility bills, the President wants more data centers to make Big Tech rich using OUR land and resources. No way,” Markey said on Facebook. “In June 2026, The Bureau of Land Management approved the Townsite Data Center project to construct, opera…
Appeal Challenges Public Lands Data Center in Nevada - CleanTechnica
First Authorized Data Center on Public Lands Would Harm Environment, Local Community LAS VEGAS — The Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter today filed an administrative appeal challenging federal approval of the Townsite Data Center in Boulder City, Nevada. The 167-megawatt data center, proposed by Skylar Capital Management, was ... [continued] The post Appeal Challenges Public Lands Data Center in Nevada appeared f…
Boulder City Appeals BLM Decision to Allow Data Center Facility on Public Land in Eldorado Valley
BOULDER CITY, NV — Officials in Boulder City have formally filed an appeal challenging a federal decision by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that approves the construction of a large-scale data center on 81 acres of public land in the Eldorado Valley desert. Municipal leaders argue the approval turns Southern Nevada into an untested testing ground for federal land development. From Solar Farm to Industrial Data Hub The controversy invol…
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ussanews.comFord, Lombardo avoid taking sides on state tax breaks for data centers on federal land
Aaron Ford speaking to reporters at his campaign office in Las Vegas July 27, 2026. (Photo: Dana Gentry/Nevada Current)Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo and his Democratic challenger for the state’s top spot, Attorney General Aaron Ford, won’t say whether Nevada taxpayers should subsidize a proposed data center approved on federal land just outside Boulder City. Ford stopped short Monday of endorsing fellow Democrat U.S. Rep. Dina Titus’ request la…
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