Goodman Energy Park (GEP) data center

Facts at a glance

Record ID

goodman-energy-park-data-center-vernon-ca

Record type

campus

Developer

Not named in the cited records

Operator

Not named in the cited records

Owner

Owner of record not established

Tenant

Not named in the cited records

Capacity

up to 99 MW onsite generation planned · campus scope
Proposed emergency backup generation only. The CEC page states the facility would be used exclusively to provide up to 99 MW of backup emergency generation when Vernon Public Utility electricity is unavailable. This is not IT load, utility service capacity, or permitted generation. Do not aggregate it with other figures.

Location

Vernon, CA
County: Los Angeles County
approximate — CEQAnet and the CEC page place two data-center buildings at 3163 and 3049 East Vernon Avenue, Vernon, on parcels 6303-005-035 and 6303-005-036.

Physical scale

Physical scale: Two data-center buildings at 3163 and 3049 East Vernon Avenue, as stated in the CEC and CEQAnet notices.

What the sources support

A CEQAnet Notice of Preparation received on 5 August 2026, and the California Energy Commission project page for docket 25-SPPE-01, describe a proposed Goodman Energy Park data-center campus of two buildings in Vernon with a backup generating facility still under review. A notice of preparation is not an approval, permit, construction start or operation. A CEC Project Owner row for the backup-generating-facility docket is not campus ownership.

Definitions: record units · roles · capacity boundaries · lifecycle stages.

What remains unknown

• critical IT capacity
• utility service capacity or requested load from Vernon Public Utility
• developer
• operator
• tenant
• owner of the data-center buildings as distinct from the backup-generating-facility docket applicant
• whether the City of Vernon has granted any land-use entitlement
• whether the CEC has granted or denied the Small Power Plant Exemption
• building floor areas
• construction start or completion dates

Sources

• Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) / State Clearinghouse CEQAnet →Gov. recordgovernment · retrieved 2026-09-17

  Exact location SCH 2026080118, NOP document page 'Vernon Backup Generating Facility'; Summary rows SCH Number / Lead Agency / Document Type / Received; Document Description; Contact Information; Location Parcel Number; Total Acres; Notice of Completion review-period rows

  What it supports CEQAnet listing for the California Energy Commission Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR, received by the State Clearinghouse 8/5/2026. Lead Agency: California Energy Commission. Document Description states that GIC Vernon LLC is applying to the CEC for a Small Power Plant Exemption for the Vernon Backup Generating Facility, a 99 MW emergency only power system that will support the Goodman Energy Park (GEP) data center in the City of Vernon; that the GEP consists of two data center buildings near Vernon Avenue and Soto Street at 3163 and 3049 East Vernon Avenue; forty (40) diesel generators, thirty eight (38) at 3 MW for data center critical loads and two 1 MW house generators; designed to operate only when electricity from Vernon Public Utility is unavailable; will not connect to the regional transmission grid or export power. Location rows give Cities 'Vernon', Counties 'Los Angeles', Cross Streets 'Vernon Avenue and Soto Street', Zip 90058, Total Acres 11.55, Parcel # 6303-005-035 and 6303-005-036, Coordinates 34°0'24.89"N 118°13'4.68"W. Contact Information names Ward Mace, Agency Name GIC Vernon LLC, Job Title Regional Director, Contact Types 'Project Applicant'.

• Vernon Backup Generating Facility (VBGF) - California Energy Commission project page →Gov. recordgovernment · retrieved 2026-09-18

  Exact location Summary table rows 'Project Owner', 'Docket Number', 'Capacity', 'Location', 'Technology', 'Project Status', 'Project Type'; 'Project Description' paragraphs 1-2; 'Data Centers' section; 'Small Power Plant Exemption' section

  What it supports California Energy Commission project page for docket 25-SPPE-01. Summary table: Project Owner 'GIC Vernon LLC'; Capacity '99 MW'; Location 'Vernon, California'; Technology 'Backup Generating System'; Project Status 'Under Review'; Project Type 'Small Power Plant Exemption'. Project Description states the VBGF would consist of forty (40) diesel fired generators used exclusively to provide up to 99 megawatts (MW) of backup emergency generation to support the Goodman Energy Park Data Center (GEP) when electricity from Vernon Public Utility (VPU) is unavailable; that the GEP would consist of two data center buildings, Building 1 at 3163 East Vernon Avenue and Building 2 at 3049 East Vernon Avenue; that the VBGF would not be electrically interconnected to the transmission grid; that VPU would own and operate a new switching station on the GEP site; and that the project applicant GIC Vernon would own and operate the Project Substation. The page states the CEC does not permit data centers, and that in granting an SPPE the CEC is not the final approval necessary for construction and operation of a project.

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