Tulare County Fair board to vote on data center lease July 21
The Tulare County Fair board is set to vote on leasing fairground land to Global Stack LLC for small data center developments. The company proposes building 8- to 10-megawatt edge-computing data centers at fairgrounds across California. The plan faces opposition from some residents concerned about water usage and pollution.
The Tulare County Fair board is scheduled to vote on July 21 regarding a proposal from Global Stack LLC to lease two to five acres of fairground land for data center development. Global Stack aims to construct small, 8- to 10-megawatt edge-computing data centers, combined with parking garages and helicopter landing pads, at up to 70 state fairgrounds across California by 2030.
This plan has generated opposition from residents in both Tulare and Kings counties, who have expressed concerns about the potential impact of data centers on local water supplies and pollution in urban areas. A similar proposal by Global Stack to develop a data center at the Calistoga fairground was halted after public backlash.
Dena Rizzardo, CEO of both the Kings and Tulare county fairs, indicated to KMPH that the proposed facilities would not rely on the city's water supply. Global Stack co-founder Daniel Kang stated that the sites could incorporate aircraft landing areas and parking structures designed to support disaster response. The project involves multiple entities, with MeshClusters LLC constructing the data center, DAA Parking LLC handling parking, and PanGalactica LLC developing the eVTOL landing network.