The Bureau of Land Management recently announced that it had approved the Townsite Data Center project near Boulder City. Many had been fighting efforts to allow a data center on city-owned land. Data centers are warehouses that house the computer servers used for things such as artificial intelligence and cloud storage. Switch has operated for years without much public consternation, but data centers have recently generated fierce opposition throughout the United States. On the other hand, Boulder City would have received $2.3 million in taxes and lease payments from a data center built on city land.