Blue Spruce - Aurora
Powered-land campus — ~2,000 contiguous acres in the Aerotropolis corridor southeast of Denver (Aurora, CO). Single-owner sale; the buyer controls the power strategy (grid or on-site). Metro fiber at the property line and water rights in place.
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Property Highlights
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~2,000 contiguous acres — single-owner powered-land campus sale; buyer selects and controls the power strategy (no inherited vendor commitments)
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Aerotropolis corridor SE of Denver International — ~15 min to DEN, direct I-70 access; QTS, Microsoft, and Vantage anchor the corridor; DataBank's Denver footprint ~16 mi
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Two power paths available — a new 345 kV grid interconnection and on-site generation with Colorado Interstate Gas access nearby (power program under diligence)
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Water rights in place with the municipal provider — no dedication, no cash-in-lieu; closed-loop hyperscale precedent in the corridor
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Fiber: Zayo desktop engineering complete June 2026 — metro fiber at the property line, two physically diverse routes, <1.5 ms to the Denver interconnection core; second carrier engaged
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No data-center-specific zoning restrictions; sits outside Denver's construction moratorium
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Pricing available on request
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Infrastructure Utilities
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Utility
PSCo (Xcel Energy)
Gas
Utility
Colorado Interstate Gas (Kinder Morgan); WTG-developed Alameda Lateral (12" high-pressure, ~1.96 mi)
Water
Aurora Water rights in place — no dedication and no cash-in-lieu; buyer follows the standard utility path (published connection fees, published volumetric rates, negotiated service agreement covering capacity and delivery). Utility supply portfolio anchored by a major water-reuse system, trans-mountain supply, and terminal storage near the property; industrial users are exempt from Aurora's 2022 conservation rules. Closed-loop cooling planning basis; a hyperscale campus in the same corridor qualified for municipal water service at scale on closed-loop architecture.
Key Facts
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Powered Land
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Available Power
250 MW
Location
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Nearby Hyperscalers
3
hyperscalers within 300 km
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hyperscale sites within 100 km
Nearest
≈ 20 km
Next nearest Microsoft campuses
- Microsoft Bison Business Park Campus Loving Trl 6 buildings 3 operational 2 construction 1 planned ≈ 150 km
- Microsoft Cheyenne Business Parkway Campus Cheyenne 2 buildings 2 operational ≈ 160 km
- Microsoft: North Range Business Park Cheyenne 1 building 1 operational ≈ 160 km
- Microsoft: Project Frontier Cheyenne 1 building 1 land bank ≈ 160 km
Next nearest Google campuses
- Google: Cheyenne, Wyoming Cheyenne 1 building 1 planned ≈ 150 km
Next nearest Meta campuses
The other 1 Meta building within 300 km is on this same campus.
Apple, Amazon AWS, Oracle, and OpenAI: no sites within 300 km
The nearest data center owned by each hyperscaler. The strip shows every site out to 300 km; the shaded band is the first 100 km. Distances are rounded to the nearest 10 km for this listing.
Property Description
~2,000-acre powered-land campus in the Aerotropolis growth corridor of Aurora, CO (Denver Metro), offered as a single-owner sale. About 15 minutes from Denver International Airport with direct I-70 access; QTS, Microsoft, and Vantage anchor the corridor and DataBank's Denver footprint is roughly 16 miles away.
Power — the buyer selects and controls the power strategy with no inherited vendor commitments: a new 345 kV grid interconnection path and on-site generation optionality, with Colorado Interstate Gas access nearby. The power program is under active diligence (detail in the data room).
Site
- Zoning: the City of Aurora has no data-center-specific restrictions and sits outside Denver's construction moratorium; current classification confirming.
- Water: rights in place with the municipal provider — no dedication and no cash-in-lieu; published connection fees and rates; closed-loop hyperscale precedent in the corridor.
- Fiber: Zayo desktop engineering complete June 2026 — metro fiber at the property line, two physically diverse routes to separate points of presence, under 1.5 ms to the Denver interconnection core; second carrier engaged.
Deal: sale of the powered-land campus; buyer runs grid, on-site, or hybrid power. Pricing available on request.
Figures subject to diligence.
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Zoning
City of Aurora jurisdiction, outside Denver's construction moratorium. Current entitlement is master-plan-community zoning (~8,500 residential units); an owner-led use-by-right rezoning adding data-center use is being pursued and is the gating milestone for near-term deals (as of 2026-09; estimated 6–9 months to a decision). No data-center-specific prohibition identified.
Workforce Access
Aerotropolis corridor SE of Denver International (DEN) — ~15 min to the airport with direct I-70 access (~20 min drive to DEN, ~35 min to downtown Denver). Denver-Aurora-Centennial MSA population ~3.05M; ~150,000+ net tech workforce; 5 major university feeders (CU, CSU, Mines, UCD, Metro State); DEN offers 230+ nonstop destinations; metro median household income ~$108K. Corridor anchors: QTS (~5 mi), Microsoft and Vantage CO21 (~10 mi, under development), plus Google, Equinix, CoreSite, Flexential, Iron Mountain, and DataBank's own Denver footprint (~14–16 mi).
Government
Incentives
Locally-led and negotiable: the Aurora EDC negotiates incentive packages case-by-case (sales/use-tax rebates on construction materials, permit-fee waivers, infrastructure cost-sharing). No Colorado DC-specific sales/use-tax exemption today; HB26-1030 expected to return in the 2027 session. Personal property tax assessed locally by the Arapahoe County Assessor.
Community Sentiment
City of Aurora is data-center-favorable: mayor publicly supportive of Aerotropolis industrial development; post-Nov-2025 City Council has adopted no moratorium, surtax, or industrial-use restriction; the Aurora Economic Development Council names data centers a target recruitment sector. Track record: 6 data centers operating in Aurora, plus QTS Aurora-Denver and Vantage CO21 under development. Sits outside the City and County of Denver's construction moratorium.
Site Details
Listing Code
Blue Spruce - Aurora
Last Updated
Oct 18, 2026
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