Golden Valley Technology Hub Project by California Resources Corporation

Golden Valley Technology Hub Project by California Resources Corporation

The proposed project Golden Valley Technology Hub Project would involve the construction and operation of a 395,500 square-foot, 275-megawatt (MW) data center at the Elk Hills Oil Field (EHOF) in Kern County, California. The proposed Project would include development of data center building and associated infrastructure on an approximately 82-acre site that is currently used as an oil field service and contractor storage yard. The existing 550-MW Elk Hills Power Plant (EHPP) would be the primary source of electricity for the data center and in the case of an outage, backup power would be supplied through an existing interconnection with Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E). Additionally, an approximately 180-MW battery energy storage system would be installed at the data center site to balance electrical loads. A redundant emergency backup generation system consisting of fifteen (15) 2.5-MW diesel generators would also be located at the data center site to provide power to critical IT systems during the unlikely event of outages of both the EHPP and PG&E grid. In addition to the data center site, the proposed project includes construction of ancillary infrastructure to support the data center’s operation including electrical transmission lines, water pipelines, and fiber optic lines. Except for the fiber optic lines, the entirety of the project would be contained within the EHOF. The proposed project includes land-use entitlement requests for a Zone Classification Change, Conditional Use Permits, a Zone Variance, and a Tentative Parcel Map from the Kem County Planning & Natural Resources Department.

Taft, Unincorporated areas, Valley Acres, Dustin Acres

Kern

Southern California, Unincorporated

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 12, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 19, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Department of Conservation (DOC)

California Department of Conservation (DOC)

Office (Sq. Ft. 54250, Acres 1.25, Employees 249), Industrial (Sq. Ft. 395500, Acres 9.07, Employees 249)

Site Plan, Rezone, Use Permit, Land Division (Subdivision, etc.), Zone Variance

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Fiscal Impacts, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wildfire