Residents and Community Groups to Hold Press Conference Ahead of Denver Data Center Moratorium Vote

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Monday May 14th, 2026

Media Contact:

Alfonso Espino – GES Coalition

[email protected]

DENVER, CO — On Monday, May 18, residents, community organizations, environmental justice advocates, labor partners, and allies will hold a press conference outside the  ahead of Denver City Council’s expected vote on a one-year data center moratorium.

Speakers will call on the City Council to make the moratorium more than a temporary pause. Community members are urging Denver to use the moratorium year to write and pass a strong, enforceable data center ordinance that protects public health, water, air quality, utility affordability, grid reliability, civil liberties, and disproportionately impacted neighborhoods.

On Monday, GES Coalition and partners will also release the full Make the Moratorium Mean Something platform, a community-backed set of demands calling for Denver to end by-right approvals for large data centers, close loopholes during the moratorium, require full public disclosure of energy and water use, prevent cost-shifting onto residents and ratepayers, limit diesel generators, protect communities during drought and grid stress, and create a real community-led process for writing enforceable rules.

WHAT: Press conference ahead of Denver City Council’s data center moratorium vote

WHEN: Monday, May 18, 2026, at 3:00 PM

WHERE: Denver City and County Building, 1437 Bannock St., Denver, CO 80202

WHO: Residents of Globeville and Elyria-Swansea, GES Coalition, partner organizations, and community allies

WHY: To call on Denver City Council to use the proposed one-year data center moratorium to pass strong community protections before the next approval, expansion, permit, or utility agreement moves forward

Community members will also attend public comment later that evening to urge the City Council to stand with impacted neighborhoods and ensure the moratorium leads to binding protections, not vague recommendations shaped by corporations and lobbyists.

Visuals and interview opportunities: Community members, signs, organizational leaders, impacted residents, and speakers available for interviews in English and Spanish.

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