How big is Imperial Valley AI Data Center?

Not disclosed. No source on file gives its capacity, its acreage or a count of buildings. What the record holds instead is under Disclosed.

Who is building Imperial Valley AI Data Center?

Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing is the developer, source. No construction contractor is named on the record yet.

Who will use Imperial Valley AI Data Center?

Not disclosed. No source on file names a tenant, says whether the site is single or multi tenant, or states what it is for. The record keeps the use as not disclosed until one does; see Who it serves.

How much power and water does Imperial Valley AI Data Center say it needs?

Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.

Where does Imperial Valley AI Data Center stand today?

It is reported, as reported April 4, 2026. The newest entry, reported September 12, 2026: Original recycled water cooling plan fell apart [7].

What has Imperial County decided about it?

Imperial County: Imperial County Superior Court Judge Brooks Anderholt issued a ruling halting development of a data center complex and ordering county officials to analyze its potential environmental impacts (reported September 10, 2026, source). 1 event is on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

What is still unknown about Imperial Valley AI Data Center?

Not disclosed by any source on file: how much power it needs, how much water it would use, how loud it would be, jobs once it runs, tax it would pay each year, who is constructing it, how much land, where its power comes from, grid connection, how it is cooled. No missing primary document is listed for this record yet; What the record lacks is where one appears when a person names it.

Reported In courtBuilt from one source

Imperial Valley AI Data Center

California's largest AI data center project filed a lawsuit seeking access to 287 million gallons of Colorado River water annually, representing 0.03% of Imperial Valley's supply, amid opposition over agricultural land and jobs concerns. It is reported, as reported April 4, 2026. Developer filed lawsuit seeking access to Colorado River water for cooling next generation computing infrastructure (reported June 21, 2026).

How much power it needs, how much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.

Last verified September 25, 2026 · 11 sources, 0 primary · A skeleton record: built from one source, not yet reviewed in depth by a person. · How to read this page

How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.

What is known

Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.

Land: Not disclosed
Power it would draw: Not disclosed
Water: Not disclosed; Reported by others: 260,000,000 gallons a year (www.facebook.com). Their figure, not the record's.
Who leads it: Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing; as stated by the source [8]
Who would use it: Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs: Not disclosed
Tax each year: Not disclosed

Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)

Impact figures

Field	Value	Who says so	Source	Last verified
How much power it needs	Not disclosed
How much water it would use	Not disclosed
How loud it would be	Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs	Not disclosed
Tax it would pay each year	Not disclosed

The record's fields

Field	Value	Who says so	Source	Last verified
Who is building it	Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing	as stated by the source	[8] cleanview.co	September 25, 2026
Who is constructing it	Not disclosed
How much land	Not disclosed
Where its power comes from	Not disclosed
Grid connection	Not disclosed
How it is cooled	Not disclosed

How much water it would use, also reported: 260,000,000 gallons a year, 2026 (www.facebook.com: Planned data center seeking 260 million gallons of Colorado River water each year for cooling) .

The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.

Still not public, and where it would show up

The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.

Water useA state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
Who would use itA lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
Power the campus would drawA utility or public service commission docket, an interconnection filing, or an air permit for an on site plant.
Jobs and taxAn incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.

What was decided

Acts of Imperial County and the cities in it about data centers, on the record with their source. A rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

Date	Who	Decision	Source
Reported September 10, 2026	Imperial County	Imperial County Superior Court Judge Brooks Anderholt issued a ruling halting development of a data center complex and ordering county officials to analyze its potential environmental impacts	kpbs.org

What happened

Reported September 12, 2026 (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

Original recycled water cooling plan fell apart [7]
Reported June 21, 2026 (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

Developer filed lawsuit seeking access to Colorado River water for cooling next generation computing infrastructure [6]
Reported April 4, 2026 · In court (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

Developer filed lawsuit against activist and environmental nonprofit for defamation and alleged greenmail [5]

The full Imperial Valley AI Data Center timeline, in order

8 corrections to this record

6 source tier relabels, September 23
2 history entries taken off this record, September 17

Every correction, with its reason

September 23, 2026 · the kind of source of a history entry

The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
September 23, 2026 · the kind of source of a history entry

The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
September 23, 2026 · the kind of source of a history entry

The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
September 23, 2026 · the kind of source of a history entry

The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
September 23, 2026 · the kind of source of a history entry

The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
September 23, 2026 · the kind of source of a history entry

The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
September 17, 2026 · the draft of a status history row

Published on a project that was still a draft skeleton and still short of the record's skeleton minimum rule; returned to draft on 2026-09-17 pending the project meeting the rule or a person's approval. The old and new text.
September 17, 2026 · the draft of a status history row

Published on a project that was still a draft skeleton and still short of the record's skeleton minimum rule; returned to draft on 2026-09-17 pending the project meeting the rule or a person's approval. The old and new text.

Every correction on the record is on the corrections page.

The site

Where in Imperial County is not in the public record. The pin marks the county seat, not a building, and the outline is the county.

This record: Proposed, ringed
data center
Dashed edge: the exact site is not in the public record
Smaller pins: 29 other published records in California

Details

this record's location, ringed
parcel outline, from the county parcel record
city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
county boundary

The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.

Where: Imperial County, California
How exactly it is located: County level, the county seat
The parcel: No parcel outline in the public record
Nearest homes: Not computed for a record placed at a place center
Nearest records: Nearest records are not computed for a record placed at a county seat.

Comparisons

1 metric with more than one figure

Every figure on the record for the same thing, the record's own or the document's first, each with who gave it, its date and its basis.

Water a year

1 figure, 1 source

Not disclosedNot disclosed

No filing or developer document on the record states one.

260,000,000 gallons a yearReported

www.facebook.com, Sep 12, 2026

Show each source's words

260,000,000 gallons a year, www.facebook.com: Planned data center seeking 260 million gallons of Colorado River water each year for cooling

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The county Imperial County 1 project on the record. The state Data centers in California Every California project, the rules on the record and what comes next.

Questions about this project

7 questions answered from the record

Answered from the rows on this page.

How big is Imperial Valley AI Data Center?: Not disclosed. No source on file gives its capacity, its acreage or a count of buildings. What the record holds instead is under Disclosed.
Who is building Imperial Valley AI Data Center?: Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing is the developer, source. No construction contractor is named on the record yet.
Who will use Imperial Valley AI Data Center?: Not disclosed. No source on file names a tenant, says whether the site is single or multi tenant, or states what it is for. The record keeps the use as not disclosed until one does; see Who it serves.
How much power and water does Imperial Valley AI Data Center say it needs?: Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
Where does Imperial Valley AI Data Center stand today?: It is reported, as reported April 4, 2026. The newest entry, reported September 12, 2026: Original recycled water cooling plan fell apart [7].
What has Imperial County decided about it?: Imperial County: Imperial County Superior Court Judge Brooks Anderholt issued a ruling halting development of a data center complex and ordering county officials to analyze its potential environmental impacts (reported September 10, 2026, source). 1 event is on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.
What is still unknown about Imperial Valley AI Data Center?: Not disclosed by any source on file: how much power it needs, how much water it would use, how loud it would be, jobs once it runs, tax it would pay each year, who is constructing it, how much land, where its power comes from, grid connection, how it is cooled. No missing primary document is listed for this record yet; What the record lacks is where one appears when a person names it.

Sources

Primary documents first: filings, minutes, dockets and official pages. Then reporting. The numbers are the ones the entries above cite.

Reporting

Data center developer sues for right to use Colorado River water in thirsty California county - KLAS 8 News Now, KLAS 8 News Now, July 23, 2026, local outlet
Imperial Valley data center developer files lawsuit seeking access to Colorado River water - KPBS, KPBS, June 15, 2026, local outlet
Judge poised to strike down Imperial County's data center moratorium - KPBS, KPBS, August 28, 2026, local outlet
The Largest Data Center In California Has Been Denied Water For Cooling — Now It's Suing A Public Agency - bgr.com, bgr.com, August 12, 2026, local outlet
Developer of Imperial Valley AI data center sues activist and environmental nonprofit for defamation, alleged “greenmail”, www.thedesertreview.com, April 4, 2026, local outlet
The developer of a proposed AI data center project in California's Imperial Valley has filed a lawsuit seeking access to Colorado River water, arguing that adequate water supplies are essential for cooling next generation computing infrastructure. Modern AI da, www.instagram.com, June 21, 2026, local outlet
Some say AI only needs electricity. The surprising part is what it needs to stay cool. A planned data center in California’s Imperial Valley is seeking 260 million gallons of Colorado River water each year after its original recycled water plan fell apart. The fight is, www.facebook.com, September 12, 2026, local outlet
Imperial Valley AI Data Center , Imperial, California, cleanview.co, May 15, 2026, local outlet
California judge halts state's largest data center - Courthouse News, Courthouse News, September 10, 2026, local outlet
California's largest AI data center project suing for access to 287 million gallons of Colorado River water, 0.03% of Imperial Valley’s supply — plaintiffs claim project equivalent to 160-acre farm amidst concern about jobs and reallocation of farmland - Tom's Hardware, Tom's Hardware, July 27, 2026, local outlet
Court overturns approval of Imperial County data center, orders environmental review - KPBS, KPBS, September 10, 2026, local outlet

11 sources on file.

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Data Center Record, "Imperial Valley AI Data Center", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/imperial-valley-ai-data-center-ca, last verified September 25, 2026.

Last verified September 25, 2026, first recorded September 5, 2026. Every correction is logged on the corrections page and under What happened.

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Slug: imperial-valley-ai-data-center-ca
Status value: rumored
Stage: Proposed
Tier: skeleton
Tags: court, skeleton
Place id: us/ca/imperial-county
Coordinates: 32.792, -115.56305
Location precision: county
Location source: County seat (El Centro), Wikidata, placed at county level
Coordinate source: wikidata county seat
Location source number: Not disclosed
Location last verified: September 16, 2026
EPA registry id: Not disclosed
Use type values: not_disclosed
Tenancy value: not_disclosed
Cooling type value: not_disclosed
Capacity basis: not_disclosed
Water basis: not_disclosed, gallons_per_day
Acreage basis: Not disclosed
Interconnection value: not_disclosed
Capacity, if disclosed: Not disclosed
Rating of the county's rows: Not disclosed
Published: 2026-09-05
Last verified: 2026-09-25