A planned 170MW data center campus in Boulder, Nevada, looks set to move locations.Boulder City this week announced Townsite Solar 2, LLC (TS2) has withdrawn its application for a TS2 Data Center near I-11 and US-95 with the Boulder City land management process (LMP).However, the city noted that the US government’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) last month approved TS2’s application to amend its right-of-way grant for a data center at an adjacent federally owned parcel.Boulder City is a city in Clark County, approximately 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Las Vegas.TS2 holds an option to lease approximately 88.5 acres of city-owned land for solar power generation and battery energy storage. The city noted that adding data centers to the optioned 88.5 acres would have required an entirely new lease agreement. Boulder City’s planning commission had recommended not to add data centers to the list of approved uses under the LMP in May.However, the company also holds a Right-of-Way Grant issued by the BLM for solar power generation and battery energy storage on an adjacent 80-acre site owned by the federal government, and was allowed to amend that right of way to allow for a data center.It is unclear what data center project TownSite Solar is planning on the BLM site. According to BLM documents, TownSite currently operates a 19MW solar farm on 80 acres of federal land outside Boulder. Boulder City is set to potentially file a notice of appeal with the BLM over the latter’s decision to allow data centers as a use on the land.“Since February, the city has followed the city’s LMP to facilitate an open and transparent discussion with residents about the possibility of leasing City land for a data center,” said Boulder City manager Ned Thomas. “The council discussion on July 14 will conclude the current process.”Skylar Capital-owned Townsite Solar 2 secured approval for a 150MW battery energy storage system (BESS) outside Boulder back in 2023.Announced earlier this year, Townsite Solar had been looking to develop a 150-170MW high-density AI data center campus on 88.5 acres of city-owned land located west of US Highway 95 and South of I-11. Construction was potentially set to start later this year, with the first phase launching as soon as 2027. Site plans suggested up to six buildings are planned.Arevon Energy and digital infrastructure investment firm Overwatch Capital were set to partner on the data center project, according to city documents.A Change.org petition against the data center project has garnered more than 6,600 signatures at the time of writing.