Project Taurus / Colorado Springs / DEPN-26-0039
Status
Administrative approval, appeal timing, and pending Project Taurus records as of June 16, 2026.
Status timeline
Approved at planning; not settled as an operating system
The City approval answers the planning question. Utility terms, permits, monitoring, appeal outcome, and operating performance still live in separate lanes.
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June 10, 2026
Administrative planning approval
City planning staff approved the development-plan modification.
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June 11, 2026
Approval letter and plan set
Approval letter and development-plan materials document conditions and follow-on work.
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June 16, 2026
Public-safe current status
Appeal, CSU terms, final permits, sound monitoring, and operating records remain unresolved.
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June 22, 2026
Reported appeal deadline
KOAA reported appeal requests are due by 5 p.m.; docket or no-appeal confirmation is still needed.
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July 16, 2026
Date-gated follow-on records
Development-agreement and sound-monitoring work is date-gated in the approval record.
Supported by approval
What was approved
- Development Plan Modification for Corporate Ridge Filing No. 1 Lot 4.
- Planning-record approval for a BP-zoned, existing industrial/data-center site at 1565 High Tech Way.
- Plan conditions tied to conformance, CSU construction drawings, landscaping/irrigation, financial assurance, development-agreement work, sound monitoring, and permits.
Still separate records
What was not approved
- Final CSU utility terms, collateral, cost allocation, or energization schedule.
- Actual water consumption, water bills, water-account history, or enforceable daily water cap.
- Final building permits, state air permits, generator runtime records, or post-construction sound measurements.
- Appeal outcome, operating performance, broad subsidy conclusion, or claim that no public impact is possible.
Process lanes
Where each unresolved claim belongs
Land record
Parcel and site facts
Parcel, ownership field, recorded plats, easements, and land-record context.
Planning
Development-plan modification
City Planning approval, conditions, amendments, and appeal.
Utilities
CSU service terms
Large Load Service Agreement, studies, line extensions, water/wastewater service, deposits, and cost responsibility.
Permits
Building and state permits
PPRBD permits, mechanical/electrical/plumbing work, air permits, and fuel-system records.
Operation
Measured performance
Measured water use, generator runtime, sound monitoring, complaint handling, enforcement, and remediation.
Project Taurus is approved at the administrative planning stage, but several important records are still pending or date-gated.