September 28, 2026 4:02:18 pm

Fort Collins planners to eye project that’s ‘not a data center’

The area outlined in red shows where in the Prime Storage Fort Collins complex the proposed “inference center” would be located. Source: City of Fort Collins documents.

City planners in Fort Collins will get the first look Thursday at a proposal to convert a portion of an existing self-storage facility into an “inference center,” with the applicants specifically stating that “this is not a data center” — even though the development review notice the city posted Monday called it one.

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Dallas Heltzell

With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.

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