Site selector: Niobrara Energy Park’s development hampered by startup costs, low incentives
WELD COUNTY — The Niobrara Energy Park was supposed to be home to the biggest microgrid-powered data center in the world.
Harrison Resource Corp. president Craig Harrison described the 662-acre site as the “Fort Knox” of energy security, using an on-site natural gas and renewable energy sources with nearby power producers to provide as much as 400 megawatts of electricity to a major technology company.
Today, it’s still vacant, and the only public show of interest toward it is from NCMC Inc., the caretaker group behind North Colorado Medical Center. The company bought the entire park for $4.9 million earlier…
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