Board of County Commissioners Business Meeting, August 11, 2026
Approved: IGA with Highlands Ranch Water and Sanitation District - Shadow Mountain Water Line Replacement, unanimous
What happened
On August 11, 2026, Douglas County approved IGA with Highlands Ranch Water and Sanitation District - Shadow Mountain Water Line Replacement (unanimous).
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.
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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
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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 distinct speakers; 11 identified names.
All speaker roles: 3 Commissioner, 1 Attorney, 6 Staff, 6 Public, 2 Chair, 1 Applicant.
Identified name roles: 2 Commissioner, 6 Staff, 2 Chair, 1 Applicant.
Speaker sample: Jack Fonce, Applicant.
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Zoning terms (7)
15 recorded timestamps
- land use (3 timestamps)
- approved (5 timestamps)
- industrial (2 timestamps)
- public hearing (1 timestamps)
- motion to approve (2 timestamps)
- zoning (1 timestamps)
Decision moments (3)
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