Elk Hills has been an energy-producing region for decades, with existing oil, gas, water, power generation and electrical infrastructure, industrial land uses, and a workforce familiar with delivery of new infrastructure projects. That means we are building within an established industrial footprint while creating additional diversification for the local workforce to use their skills.
This location allows us to connect the Golden Valley project directly to the existing Elk Hills Power Plant, a rare opportunity to collocate computing infrastructure with existing, on-site power generation.
Sites like this are selected based on a few critical factors:
Taken together, Elk Hills is uniquely positioned for this type of development, because of its remote location, the types of existing operations and infrastructure, and new infrastructure which can be responsibly built and operated with limited environmental disturbance.
The Golden Valley Technology Campus will be built on approximately 100 acres of land currently used for oilfield operations. The site is planned to include a 400,000-square-foot data center, an electrical substation, office space, and parking areas.
The project would convert a portion of the Elk Hills site from oilfield operations to data center operations. While the use of the site would change, the land would remain industrial in nature. The project is expected to be a durable, long-life infrastructure investment rather than a short-term or temporary use.
Potential impacts, including land disturbance habitat, stormwater, dust, noise, lighting, and construction-related effects, will be evaluated through California's environmental review process.
As studies are completed, mitigation measures may be implemented where needed to reduce or address identified impacts. Additional details will be shared as the project moves through the review process.