Who owns Google - Thornton?

Google - Thornton is operated by Google LLC and ultimately owned by Alphabet Inc..

What tax breaks has Google - Thornton received?

Alphabet Inc. has received $31.7M in tracked tax abatements across its sites. No state discloses the recipient at the individual-facility level.

Has Google - Thornton had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for Google - Thornton.

Where is Google - Thornton located?

Google - Thornton is in Thorton, Adams County, CO.

Mapped (unverified)

Google - Thornton

Grant Street · Thorton, Adams County, CO

Source: OpenStreetMap

Google - Thornton is a mapped data center in Adams County, CO, operated by Google LLC and ultimately owned by Alphabet Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 86,059 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026

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Est. capacity

~15-35 MW

Footprint

86,059 sq ft

Utility

Public Service Co of Colorado

Grid

PSCO

Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source

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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

source: link

Google - Thornton is a mapped data center in Thorton, Adams County, Colorado, run by Google LLC and owned through its parent, Alphabet Inc. Records list a footprint of 86,059 square feet. The site draws power from Public Service Co of Colorado inside the PSCO balancing authority.

Operator chain

Ultimate parent
Alphabet Inc.
Files as
Google LLC
This facility
Google - Thornton

In the news

source: GDELT

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

These tax breaks are recorded to Alphabet Inc. (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.

Total to this operator: $31.7M

Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
State of Texas · granted 2026 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0
State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
Chapter 312 — Midlothian Technology Reinvestment Zone No. 14 (City of Midlothian data-center zone)$16,044,286
Ellis County, TX · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
Chapter 312 — Midlothian Technology Reinvestment Zone No. 14 (City of Midlothian data-center zone)$15,660,346
Ellis County, TX · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
State of Texas · granted 2018 · term — yr · source

Water use

Modeled estimate~88.8K gpd

Direct (onsite cooling)

~45.6K gpd

Indirect (its electricity)

~43.2K gpd

No measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 5 MW (interconnection capacity): 1.8 L/kWh cooling (temperate climate) + 0.45 gal/kWh embedded in US grid average. How we estimate. Have a utility document? Send it and we'll replace this with the real figure.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow

Moderate

PM10

Good

PM2.5

Good

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Denver-Boulder), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023

Median household income

$62K

People of color

51%

Below poverty

16%

Tract population

6,349

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Pathways Future Center in Thornton, is 686 ft from this site (390 students). 4 public schools sit within a mile of the site.

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.