Beacon Data Centers to discuss possible Dove Creek project Thursday night

Beacon Data Centers was scheduled to discuss a possible AI data center project Thursday night in Dove Creek, a proposal that could put electricity demand, water use, road wear and local tax revenue at the center of one of Dolores County’s biggest development questions.

The community meeting was set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 16, 2026, at The Four56 Church, 13218 Westcross Lane. A flyer from the Dove Creek Volunteer Fire Department said Beacon was in the early stages of exploring a project and wanted to hear directly from the community.

Beacon Data Centers is a digital infrastructure firm founded in 2023 by Nadia Partners. The company says it has seven active data center sites across North America and describes its approach as “energy-first,” with energy resources at the center of its development strategy.

Nadia Partners said in January 2025 that Beacon AI Centers would develop 1.8 gigawatts of capacity and had a 3.8 gigawatt pipeline, with several shell developments targeted to come online by 2027. That scale has drawn attention in places where data centers are increasingly seen as both an economic opportunity and a strain on public systems.

In this case, the pressure points are familiar to Colorado communities that have already started debating data centers: how much electricity the project would require, where that power would come from, how much water the operation would use, and what kind of impact a new industrial site could have on local zoning, roads and public services. Those are the questions Dove Creek residents were expected to press before any project moves ahead.

The meeting was prompted in part by constituent calls to Tom Green County Precinct 4 Commissioner Shawn Nanny, who asked the company to hold a public forum so residents could hear directly from developers. Nanny said no official county action had been taken on the proposal and that Beacon had not yet requested a tax abatement.

For Dove Creek, the discussion reaches beyond a single building or employer. A data center could bring jobs and new tax revenue, but it also could reshape the daily calculations that rural communities make about power, water and infrastructure, especially when a project is still in the early stages.