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California data center updates

Dated facility and project events and DataCenterData evidence updates for California. Not a complete record of activity in California.

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  1. Environmental review notice issuedOfficial recordCalifornia

    Environmental review notice issued on 5 August 2026: Goodman Energy Park (GEP) data center (Vernon, CA) — state energy commission notice of preparation dated 5 August 2026

    California Energy Commission staff issued a Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR on August 5, 2026 for GIC Vernon LLC's Vernon Backup Generating Facility (docket 25-SPPE-01), which the notice describes as part of the Goodman Energy Park Data Center in Vernon.

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    Any approval, exemption or permit; Construction start; Operation or energization; That 99 MW of backup generation equals IT load.
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    Record: Goodman Energy Park (GEP) data centerProject timeline: recorded eventsSource: Notice of Preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Vernon Backup Generating Facility (25-SPPE-01), TN 271834Archived copy

  2. Environmental review notice issuedOfficial recordCalifornia

    Environmental review notice issued on 21 July 2026: Northtown Data Center (NTDC) (San Jose, CA) — state energy commission notice of preparation dated 21 July 2026

    California Energy Commission staff issued a Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR on July 21, 2026 for GIC San Jose LLC's NorthTown Backup Generating Facility (docket 25-SPPE-02), which the notice describes as planned as part of the NorthTown Park Data Center in San José.

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    Any approval, exemption or permit; Construction start; Operation or energization; That 97.3 MW of backup generation equals IT load.
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    Record: Northtown Data Center (NTDC)Project timeline: recorded eventsSource: Notice of Preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Report for the NorthTown Backup Generating Facility (25-SPPE-02), TN 271570Archived copy

  3. Power plant exemption grantedOfficial recordCalifornia

    Power plant exemption granted on 9 May 2025: STACK SVY03A Data Center Campus (Hayward, CA) — state energy commission order dated 9 May 2025

    The California Energy Commission voted 5-0 at its May 8, 2025 business meeting to adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration and grant a Small Power Plant Exemption for the STACK SVY03A Data Center Campus at 26062 Eden Landing Road, Hayward (docket 23-SPPE-01).

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    City of Hayward entitlement (separate Planning Commission action); Construction start; Completion, energization or operation.
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    Record: STACK SVY03A Data Center CampusProject timeline: recorded eventsSource: Order Adopting the Mitigated Negative Declaration and Granting the Small Power Plant Exemption, Order No. 25-0508-11 (TN 263075)Archived copy

Evidence updates

  1. Evidence updateDataCenterData publicationCalifornia

    Evidence record published: McLaren Data Center (Santa Clara, CA)

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  2. Evidence updateDataCenterData publicationCalifornia

    Evidence record published: Goodman Energy Park (GEP) data center (Vernon, CA)

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  3. Evidence updateDataCenterData publicationCalifornia

    Evidence record published: Northtown Data Center (NTDC) (San Jose, CA)

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  4. Evidence updateDataCenterData publicationCalifornia

    Evidence record published: Gilroy Data Center (Gilroy, CA)

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