He wants to build CA’s biggest data center, and he’s not backing down
The developer behind what would be California’s single-largest data center, a 1 million foot campus in the Imperial County desert, isn’t b

The developer behind what would be California’s single-largest data center, a 1 million foot campus in the Imperial County desert, isn’t backing down as public opinion and local officials turn against him. As CalMatters’ Deborah Brennan explains, Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC wants to build what it calls a “hyperscale facility” in Imperial […]
Original reporting: CalMatters.
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