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Google - Thornton

OperatingHyperscaleBuildingThorton, Adams County, Colorado
40% profile completeness
18 claims from 6 sources
Current facility power
Not yet sourced
Planned capacity
Not yet sourced
Floor area
172,400 sq ft[1]
Unverifiedestimated
Buildings (planned)
Not yet sourced
Capital cost / investment
Not yet sourced
First operational
Not yet sourced

POWER & GRID

Time-to-power · verification · interconnection
Time to power
Operating (community-mapped, unverified)
Low confidence
Project verification
Unverified
Evidence is limited to community map.
Current stage
Operational
Furthest stage with documented evidence
Utility · ISO
Public Service CO of Colorado · None (non-RTO region)
Substation: Glenn Substation (230 kV) (nearest, unverified)

Power reality

Announced
No record
Interconnection request
No record
Contracted / approved
No record
Under construction
No record
Operational
No record
AI evidence brief
Summarizes only the evidence on this page. Answers citing anything else are rejected automatically.

Project verification

Development
  1. Announcedimplied by a later stage
  2. Land acquiredimplied by a later stage
  3. Planning / zoningimplied by a later stage
  4. Permittingimplied by a later stage
Grid interconnection
  1. Interconnection application
  2. Feasibility study
  3. System impact study
  4. Facilities study
  5. Interconnection agreement / service contract
Build & energization
  1. Financing
  2. Under constructionimplied by a later stage
  3. Energizationimplied by a later stage
  4. OperationalSep 27, 2026
    Community map
    • Sep 27, 2026 · Reported status: operating[1]

● documented · ◌ implied by a later stage · ○ no evidence found. Dates are those of the earliest dated evidence, which can be later than when a stage actually began. Evidence classes: Community map.

Grid path

  1. facility
    Google - Thornton
  2. substation
    Glenn Substation (230 kV)[1]
    Proximity onlyUnverified
    Nearest mapped substation, 2.5 km away. Proximity does not establish that it serves the site.
  3. transmission
    Washington to Glenn (230 kV)[1]
    Proximity onlyUnverified
    Highest-voltage line mapped within 2 km (0.48 km away). Not confirmed as the supply path.
  4. utility
    Public Service CO of Colorado[2]
    Service territoryLikely
    Retail service territory containing the site
  5. ISO / RTO
    None (non-RTO region)[3]
    Service territoryLikely
    Balancing authority: PSCO
Substation capacity:
not published
Required upgrades:
not yet sourced
Congestion:
not yet sourced (no nodal price data)

Dashed boxes are based on proximity only and do not establish which asset serves the site.

Interconnection records

No interconnection-queue record is linked to this site. Of the ISOs we ingest, only NYISO publishes large-load requests; PJM, ERCOT, MISO, SPP and CAISO queues list generation only.

On-site & dedicated generation

No on-site, behind-the-meter or dedicated generation found in sources.

Location & imagery

Mapped outline
Coordinates
39.92249, -104.98342
Address
Grant Street, Thorton, CO[1]Likely
County
Adams County
Photographs

No openly licensed ground-level photos matched to this site yet.

Ownership, operation & customers

  1. 1. Property owner of record
    Not identified
  2. 2. Owner / developer
    Not identified
  3. 3. Operator
    Google[1]Likely
  4. 4. Tenant / cloud
    Not identified
  5. 5. End customer / workload
    Not identified

Each link is sourced separately. The property owner of record is often a special-purpose entity; the same company appearing in two roles is shown only when sources say so.

All parties with evidence
Operator
Google[1]Likely
Utility
Public Service CO of Colorado(unreviewed)[2]Likely

Location falls inside this utility's retail service territory.

No tenants or end users identified in our sources yet.

Power (all fields)

Current facility power
Not yet sourced
Planned capacity
Not yet sourced

Capacity figures are nameplate or contracted; annual consumption is a labeled model estimate, not metered data.

Grid & electricity

ISO / RTO
None (non-RTO region)[3]Likelyderived

Outside all ISO/RTO footprints; balancing authority shown separately.

Balancing authority
PSCO[2]Likelyderived

Control area of the containing utility territory.

Nearest mapped substation
Glenn Substation (230 kV)[1]Likelyderived

Nearest substation mapped in OpenStreetMap; proximity does not establish which substation serves the site.

Distance to substation
2.5 km[1]Likelyderived
Highest-voltage line nearby
230 kV[1]Likelyderived

Highest-voltage transmission line mapped within 2 km.

State avg. industrial price
9.54¢/kWh[5]Confirmed

Colorado statewide average, July 2026.

State avg. commercial price
13.81¢/kWh[5]Confirmed

Colorado statewide average, July 2026.

Generation within 50 km
4.52 GW[6]Confirmedderived

104 EIA-reported plants within 50 km.

Generation queued in county
199 MW[4]Confirmedderived

1 active generation interconnection requests in Adams County: Solar + storage 199 MW. Queued projects often don't get built.

Interconnection status
Not yet sourced
Contracted / committed power
Not yet sourced
Nearby infrastructureTypeDistanceVoltage / capacitySource
Washington to Glenn · Public Service Company of ColoradoTransmission line0.48 km230 kV[1]
Cherokee · Public Service Co of ColoradoPower plant (Natural Gas)12.9 km886 MW[6]
Spindle Hill Energy Center · Invenergy Services LLCPower plant (Natural Gas)20.6 km270 MW[6]
Frank Knutson · Tri-State G & T Assn, IncPower plant (Natural Gas)25.8 km134 MW[6]
Jm Shafer Generating Station · Tri-State G & T Assn, IncPower plant (Natural Gas)26.5 km272 MW[6]
Arapahoe Combustion Turbine Project · SWG Arapahoe, LLCPower plant (Natural Gas)28.2 km123 MW[6]
Blue Spruce Energy Center · Public Service Co of ColoradoPower plant (Natural Gas)32.3 km264 MW[6]
Fort St Vrain · Public Service Co of ColoradoPower plant (Natural Gas)37.2 km1.02 GW[6]
Rocky Mountain Energy Center · Public Service Co of ColoradoPower plant (Natural Gas)38 km592 MW[6]
Glenn Substation · Public Service Company of ColoradoSubstation2.5 km230 kV[1]
Largest queued generation in this countyFuelQueue statusMWSource
GI-CS-2025-02 at 230 West Sand Creek Switching StationSPP GI-CS-2025-02Solar + storageIn study · proposed 2031-06199 MW[4]

Utility, ISO and nearby assets are derived from the site's location. Proximity to a substation or line doesn't establish the interconnection; that needs a utility filing or interconnection-queue record. Queue requests are applications, not commitments — most never reach operation.

Construction & permitting

  1. Announced
    —
  2. Land acquired
    —
  3. Permitting
    —
  4. Construction start
    —
  5. First operational
    —
  6. Expected completion
    —

Real estate

Official assessments
Assessor's value for a tax year

None sourced yet

Recorded transactions
Sale prices from recorded deeds

None sourced yet

Model estimates
Our model — not an appraisal

None sourced yet

Annual property tax
Not yet sourced

No county parcel or assessor records linked yet. County records are currently ingested for Loudoun County, VA and Maricopa County, AZ.

Size

Floor area
172,400 sq ft[1]Unverifiedestimated

Estimated as footprint × 2 mapped floors; gross, not leasable, area.

Building footprint
86,200 sq ft[1]Likelyderived

Computed from the mapped OSM building outline.

Floors
2[1]Likely

What changed (last 3 years)

Follow this facility (RSS)

No tracked changes yet. Values are recorded on every data refresh, so changes will appear here over time.

Timeline

No dated events sourced yet.

All claims (provenance audit)

18
FieldValueSourceConfidenceAs ofStatus
NameGoogle - Thorntonway/426586135 name=Google - Thornton[1] Likely2026-09-27Shown
StatusOperating[1] derivedUnverified2026-09-27Shown
Facility typeHyperscale[1] derivedUnverified2026-09-27Shown
AddressGrant Street, Thorton, CO[1] Likely2026-09-27Shown
OperatorGoogleoperator=Google[1] Likely2026-09-27Shown
UtilityPublic Service CO of Coloradoterritory 15466: PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF COLORADO (INVESTOR OWNED, XCEL ENERGY)[2] derivedLikely2022Shown
ISO / RTONone (non-RTO region)[3] derivedLikely—Shown
Balancing authorityPSCO[2] derivedLikely—Shown
Nearest mapped substationGlenn Substation (230 kV)way/412128860[1] derivedLikely2026-09-28Shown
Distance to substation2.5 km[1] derivedLikely2026-09-28Shown
Highest-voltage line nearby230 kV[1] derivedLikely2026-09-28Shown
Generation queued in county199 MW[4] derivedConfirmed2026-09-27Shown
State avg. industrial price9.54¢/kWh[5] Confirmed2026-07Shown
State avg. commercial price13.81¢/kWh[5] Confirmed2026-07Shown
Generation within 50 km4.52 GW[6] derivedConfirmed202502Shown
Floor area172,400 sq ft[1] estimatedUnverified2026-09-27Shown
Building footprint86,200 sq ft[1] derivedLikely2026-09-27Shown
Floors2building:levels=2[1] Likely2026-09-27Shown