Quechan Tribal Land Data Center (Imperial County)
Winterhaven, Imperial County, CA
A new data center, Quechan Tribal Land Data Center (Imperial County), has been announced in Winterhaven, CA. Rumored / unconfirmed: A data center proposal on Quechan tribal land near the Colorado River in eastern Imperial County emerged in mid-2026 as one of several projects multiplying in the county, per inewsource. Few details (developer, size) have been disclosed; tribal land would be outside the county moratorium. (Source dated 2026-06-04.) [Reviewed 2026-10-09: verified] Quechan tribal council announced consideration of leasing ~1,000 acres for 200-megawatt AI data center and solar farm in May 2026, with preliminary discussions ongoing between Tribe President Jonathan Koteen and developer Sebastian Rucci. Source: https://inewsource.org/2026/06/01/quechan-tribe-reservation-online-gaming-casino-data-center/.
Project status
- Announced
- Permitting
- Under constructionNot yet
- OperationalNot yet
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California state legislation
- CPUC Resolution E-5420 - PG&E Service to STACK Infrastructure (San Jose)Approved PG&E special facilities/service arrangement for a 90MW STACK Infrastructure data center in San Jose.Download
- CPUC Resolution E-5439 - PG&E Service to Microsoft "SJC02" (San Jose)Approved PG&E special facilities/service arrangement for a 90MW Microsoft data center campus in San Jose.Download
- CPUC Application A.24-11-007 - PG&E Electric Rule 30 Revision (Large Transmission-Load Tariff)PG&E-filed revision to Electric Rule 30 creating tariff terms for large transmission-voltage loads (data centers), including minimum-take and collateral provisions.Download
- SB 886 - Data center electricity rates: separate rate classCreates a separate electricity rate class for data centers.Download
- SB6231 - Removes data center equipment replacement tax exemptionRemoves the tax exemption for replacement of data center equipment.Download
- SB 2406 - Data center nondisclosure agreement penaltiesEstablishes penalties for data center nondisclosure agreements.Download
- SB960 - Data center electric cost allocation studyDirects the SCC to determine whether non-data-center customers subsidize data centers.Download
- HB05076 - AI data center energy/water efficiency requirementsConcerns energy and water efficiency requirements for AI data centers.Download
- SB 887California bill removing CEQA categorical exemptions as applied to data center projects.Download
- S08540 - Accountability of Costs for Data Centers ActEstablishes independent classification of service for large energy-use facilities to allocate data center costs.Download
- HB1246 - Prohibits nondisclosure of data center agreementsProhibits nondisclosure of certain agreements related to data centers.Download
- SB 1168 - Data centers: rate structuresEstablishes rate structures applicable to data centers.Download
- CPUC Rulemaking R.26-04-009 - Advanced Rate Design (Large Load / Data Center Cost Allocation)Statewide rulemaking opened 2026, driven by SB 57, addressing cost allocation and rate design for large-load customers including data centers.Download
- CPUC Advice Letter 7785-E / Draft Resolution E-5455 - PG&E Service to Google (San Jose, 250MW)Pending as of Sep 2026 -- PG&E advice letter for a 250MW Google data center in San Jose, protested by the Public Advocates Office over ratepayer cost allocation.Download
- AB2469 - Data centers: water use disclosures.Description comingDownload
- AB1095 - Data centers: waste heat energy.Description comingDownload
- AB93 - Water resources: data centers.Description comingDownload
- SB57 - Electrical corporations: data centers: report.Description comingDownload
- AB2619 - Water resources: data centers.Description comingDownload
- SB978 - Data centers: labor: electricity rates.Description comingDownload
- AB1577 - Data centers: reporting.Description comingDownload
- AB2383 - Electricity: data centers.Description comingDownload
- AB222 - Data centers: power usage effectiveness: cost shifts.Description comingDownload
Site details
- Operator
- Not announced
- County
- Imperial County, CA
- Address
- Winterhaven, CA
- Stage
- Announced
Capacity and size: not on file
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Photos
https://quechantribe.com/art/news_photos/370/Solar_Packet_Combine.jpg
Google Street View · nearby land, not the exact site
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ComEd customers could pay billions for data center hookups, warns utility watchdog groupShaw Local Enewspapers
An $8 billion Treasury break helped Meta’s tax rate hit 2%. Senators want data center tax answersFortune
The states with the fewest and most data centers, rankedBusiness Insider
Finns Are Seething After Google Illegally Toppled 250,000 Trees for a Data CenterMother Jones
Google offer to pay others to help data center powerArkansas Online
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