Walmart Colorado Data Center
El Paso County, CO
Source: OpenStreetMap
Walmart Colorado Data Center is a mapped data center in El Paso County, CO. DataCentersExposed has documented a 219,542 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
Overview
source: linkThe Walmart Colorado Data Center is a mapped data center in El Paso County, Colorado, tied to Walmart in available records. Its reported footprint is 219,542 square feet. The site draws power from the City of Colorado Springs utility inside the WACM balancing authority.
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google News- Hyperscale data center planned for Aurora ‘must be stopped,’ mayor saysThe Denver Post· Oct 6, 2026
- The Hidden Data Center Water Risk That Deserves More AttentionForbes· Sep 9, 2026
- As regulators seek data center power rules, critics say Xcel is proposing ‘secret process’ as loophole for some projectsThe Denver Post· Aug 30, 2026
- The Data Center Boomlash: Lessons From The Big-Box And Fracking FightsForbes· Aug 26, 2026
- David Van Rooy Joins Vantage Data Centers as VP People and Culture, North Americahttps://hrtoday.in/· Aug 19, 2026
- What to know about Amazon's data center campus outside of HoustonHouston Chronicle· Aug 18, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Water use
No measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 17 MW (interconnection capacity): 1.8 L/kWh cooling (temperate climate) + 0.45 gal/kWh embedded in US grid average. How we estimate. Have a utility document? Send it and we'll replace this with the real figure.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Environmental permits
source: Permit register- Clean Air Act permitted sourceCO0000000804102067NAICS 518210; ECHO compliance status: No Violation Identified
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Colorado Springs), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Tca College Pathways in Colorado Springs, is 0.5 mi from this site (465 students). 3 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.