Gotspace Groton
Host municipality fee agreement
Groton, Connecticut
Groton’s Gotspace proposal used a host municipality fee agreement under Connecticut’s data center framework. The public council bundle includes a draft; later city discussion refers to an earlier signed agreement.
- Project party
- Gotspace Data Partners LLC
What’s included
Public revenue & benefits
Annual fees are $500,000 per building below 16 MW, $1 million from 16 through 32 MW, and $1.5 million above 32 MW. Fees start one year after occupancy and rise by 2–3% annually.
Before occupancy, preliminary payments equal the previous property-tax assessment, increasing to 150% after the first building permit. Ordinary taxes continue until the project qualifies for exemption.
Compare public revenue & benefits termsReporting & enforcement
Gotspace must invest at least $200 million within five years of starting construction, or $400 million for a state agreement longer than 20 years. It must apply for building permits within 36 months or Groton may terminate.
If the agreement ends for noncompliance, Groton can recover property taxes and interest from the applicable noncompliance or state termination date.
Compare reporting & enforcement termsAbout this document
The council packet contains a draft agreement. These are its proposed terms, not evidence that payments were made.
- Document
- Host municipality fee agreement
- Published by
- agendasuite.org
- Parties
- Town of Groton and Gotspace Data Partners LLC
- Reviewed
- 2026-09-07
- Still needed
- Standalone executed counterpart, amendments and a primary record establishing final project disposition.