Board of County Commissioners Business Meeting, August 11, 2026
Approves IGA with Highlands Ranch Water and Sanitation District - Shadow Mountain Water Line Replacement, unanimous
What happened
Douglas County approved a business personal property tax incentive agreement with Flexential Corporation (file ED2025-002), providing a 100% rebate of the county's portion of the business personal property tax over 35 years for a 22.5 MW, ~250,000 sq ft data center in the town of…
- Jurisdiction
- Douglas County, CO
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- August 11, 2026
- Decisions
- 3 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, unanimous
Free sample: decision 1 of 3
Business Personal Property Tax Incentive Agreement with Flexential Corporation
Agreement provides Flexential a 100% rebate of Douglas County's portion of the business personal property tax over 35 years for a 22.5 IT MW, just under 250,000 sq ft data center located in the town of Parker (Compark, north of C-470). Total rebate cited as approximately $19 million over 35 years; roughly 16 jobs. Data center approvals (zoning, water, power) were handled by the town of Parker. Passed unanimously.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
Douglas County approved a business personal property tax incentive agreement with Flexential Corporation (file ED2025-002), providing a 100% rebate of the county's portion of the business personal property tax over 35 years for a 22.5 MW, ~250,000 sq ft data center in the town of…
Key Decisions (3)
Business Personal Property Tax Incentive Agreement with Flexential Corporation
Third Amendment to Highway 85 Wastewater IGA with Castle Rock
IGA with Highlands Ranch Water and Sanitation District - Shadow Mountain Water Line Replacement
Development Activity (3)
Flexential Parker Data Center
Commercial
Highway 85 Wastewater Collection - Sedalia Extension (design phase)
Infrastructure
Shadow Mountain Water Line Replacement Project
Infrastructure
Market Signals (4)
Commercial Demand
Douglas County reports multiple companies (~1,000 jobs) relocating in the…
Infrastructure
The Highway 85 corridor lacks central water/wastewater service, constraining development;…
Infrastructure
Flexential's data center will use a closed-loop glycol cooling system…
Commercial Demand
The town of Parker approved a 22.5 MW hyperscale-scale data…
Who Spoke (19)
On the record: 2 chairs, 3 commissioners, 6 staff members, the applicant, and 6 members of the public.
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