Public evidence archive · verified update October 1, 2026Silver Peaks · Lochbuie · Weld County · Brighton
Oct. 6
CASE 001 · PROJECT SILO
Brighton land-use case · regional questions

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Project Silo is a reported eight-building data-center proposal in northeast Brighton. DCAP keeps the public record, the unanswered questions and the next public dates in one place.

Project Silo concept-plan public record graphic
8two-story buildings reported
~2.5Msquare feet reported
October 6 · Brighton City Council · 6:00 PM

The meeting is confirmed. Denver7 reports Mayor Pro Tem Peter Padilla intends to propose a 90-day data-center moratorium. As of Oct. 1, Brighton's Agenda Center has not posted an Oct. 6 City Council agenda.

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The 60-second record

What the public record establishes.

Denver7 reports an early-stage proposal for eight two-story data-center buildings near County Road 4 and 50th Avenue, totaling roughly 2.5 million square feet. Brighton confirmed receiving a rezoning application; Denver7 reported the proposal had not yet reached City Council for a public hearing.

Site + review
8

Two-story data-center buildings reported in the early-stage proposal.

Reported scale
~2.5M

Square feet across the reported campus concept.

Decision maker
Brighton

Brighton is the local land-use decision maker for the proposed site.

Still not established in the current reviewed record: final operator/end user, final full-build electrical demand, final water demand, final operational noise, final infrastructure cost allocation or a verified Crusoe-to-Project-Silo connection.
Why geography matters

The city line does not answer every infrastructure question.

Silver Peaks and Lochbuie are nearby communities in Weld County. DCAP keeps Brighton, Lochbuie and Weld County legally separate while tracking roads, utilities, sewer, emergency planning, noise and other questions that can involve more than one jurisdiction.

Land use

Brighton

Controls the Project Silo land-use decision.

Neighboring governments

Lochbuie + Weld County

Separate governments whose residents, infrastructure or services may still be relevant to cross-boundary questions.

The issue stack

Water. Power. Noise. Safety. Public cost.

The point is not to guess the answer. The point is to identify the project-specific record that answers each question.

WaterCooling method, average/peak/annual demand, supply and wastewater.
PowerRequested load, interconnection, transmission and who pays upgrades.
NoiseLow-frequency/tonal modeling, generators and nighttime operations.
SafetyBattery, fire, fuel, HazMat and emergency-response planning.
CostRoads, utilities, incentives, reimbursements and public exposure.
The accountability test

Seven questions every major decision should survive.

01Who is it for?
02Who gets paid?
03Who pays?
04Who benefits?
05What risks were studied?
06Who carries the risk?
07Who is accountable?
Latest investigation

Brighton's 80% industrial-land statement.

Brighton's Sept. 30 economic-development release says the City provides Brighton EDC about $800,000 annually, allows certain city-manager incentive approvals up to $250,000, and repeatedly references an 80% expansion of industrial land designations in Weld County. Brighton's planning page separately says the replacement Comprehensive Plan remains a draft and the 2016 plan remains in effect until a new plan is adopted.

DCAP's question: what maps, acreage, parcels, methodology and authorizing record are behind the 80% figure? DCAP is not asserting that the figure was created for data centers or that the draft plan is already legally effective.
The receipts

Read it. Download it. Check it.

DOC-003
Project Silo concept plan
Primary project record. Concept, not final approved design.
PDF
DOC-006
Brighton PAC comments · July 31, 2025
Traffic, drainage, water-resource and utility questions.
PDF
DCAP
October 6 evidence packet
Current Council-facing record and unresolved questions.
PDF
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