Federal Board Halts Data Center Project Near Boulder City

Judge halts construction of embattled Boulder City data center on public land

In a win for city officials and environmentalists, an administrative judge agreed to prevent a Texas-based developer from building a data center on federal land — for now.

First AI Data Center Approved on Federal Public Land Hits a Major Roadblock

A newly proposed data center that would be built on public land near Boulder City, Nevada, just hit a roadblock. On Sept. 1 a judge placed a hold on the project’s permit with the justification that the initial permit issued in 2023 was meant for a solar power plant.  The stay, granted by administrative judge David Gunter, halts data center development by Townsite Solar 2, LLC. The company originally planned to build a solar power plant with batt…

Federal panel halts first data center planned for US public land

The board found regulators reused a three-year-old environmental review written for a solar plant, never studying the data center's own effect on water, power or a threatened desert tortoise.

Federal Panel Halts Construction on Nevada Data Center

The Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) has halted construction on a proposed data center near Boulder City, Nevada, according to a ruling issued this week. The stay was granted to environmental groups and local residents who challenged the project's approval, according to officials familiar with the decision. The Board found that the appeal was "likely to succeed on the merits," according to the ruling. The decision prevents any construction …

Federal Panel Halts What Would Be First Data Center on Public Lands

Environmental groups are celebrating on Tuesday after a federal panel halted construction of what would be the first artificial intelligence data center to be built on public federal lands.

Federal board halts data center project near Boulder City

A federal board is ordering another halt on the construction of the Townsite Solar 2, LLC data center near Boulder City.