Globeville Elyria Swansea advocates worry about impacts of new data center
News ClipDenver7·Denver, Denver County, CO·3/21/2026
CoreSite is developing a new colocation data center in Denver's Globeville Elyria-Swansea (GES) communities, prompting significant opposition from local advocates. Residents are concerned about the environmental impact, including high water and power consumption, and the strain on an already depleted power grid. CoreSite defends the location due to its heavy industrial zoning, which permits data center development.
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Advocates in Denver's Globeville Elyria-Swansea (GES) communities are raising concerns over the environmental and infrastructural impacts of a new CoreSite colocation data center. The controversy was highlighted on Denver7's "Real Talk with Micah Smith."
Alfonso Espino, a community organizer with the GES Coalition, articulated the community's primary worries, stating that the project's significant water and power demands would exacerbate existing environmental and grid issues in an area already struggling with such problems. CoreSite, through its vice president of marketing and sales development, Megan Ruszkowski, defended the site selection by emphasizing that the property was formerly a concrete plant and is zoned for heavy industrial use, thus making it suitable for data center development.