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Coachella, CA · Riverside County · 33.671°N 116.169°W
Straight-line distances. Nearest named waterway via the USGS National Hydrography Dataset; nearest transmission line via HIFLD. Baseline water stress and groundwater trend describe the surrounding hydrological basin (WRI Aqueduct 4.0, CC BY 4.0) — not this facility’s measured water use. Principal-aquifer system underlying the location (USGS, mapped at 1:2,500,000 — regional context, not site hydrogeology).
Hundreds attended town halls over water use, power costs, air quality, noise, farmland loss, and proximity to Valle del Sol Elementary (about 2 miles). Former Mayor Steven Hernandez, a recipient of Stronghold campaign donations, pleaded guilty to a felony conflict-of-interest charge in 2026. No lawsuit found (unlike the already-tracked IVCM facility in Imperial County). Neighboring Indio is independently pursuing its own data-center ban as part of a regional trend.
Coachella residents pack town hall over proposed 'AI data center,' raising alarms about water, power costs and transparencyCoachella City Council approved a conceptual Municipal Utility Development Agreement with Coachella Valley Power Services LLC, a Stronghold Power Systems subsidiary; the project never reached the Planning Commission for its own land-use entitlements.
Coachella considers moratorium on data centers as community pushes back against proposed tech campusCity Council unanimously terminated the Stronghold utility agreement and approved a 45-day data-center moratorium after sustained community opposition. The moratorium was extended roughly 10.5 months on 2026-07-08, and the Planning Commission recommended a permanent citywide data-center ban (two conditions attached) on 2026-07-15, with Council adoption votes scheduled for 2026-08-12 and 2026-08-26.
Coachella approves data center moratorium, ends Stronghold power agreementReported: data based on credible news outlets or industry sources.
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