“We want to be absolutely clear: Earl Warren Showgrounds will not consider a data center on this property,” said Earl Warren Showgrounds CEO Ben Sprague on Wednesday.
This announcement comes after the months-old data center company Global Stack U.S.A. reached out to Earl Warren Showgrounds through the California Department of Agriculture. The company has been reaching out to state owned fairgrounds across California with a pitch to build shipping-container-sized data centers inside parking structures with helipads on top. Their claim is that these centers will aid in emergency preparedness and help generate year-round revenue for fairgrounds.
Sprague said that the company requested the showgrounds to sign a Memorandum of Understanding, which he declined. He did have “Global Stack” listed under his CEO report on meeting agendas for the previous two board meetings; his report was not given at either meeting. “Global Stack U.S.A.” is listed on the agenda for the next board meeting on Thursday, October 29, which was released on Monday night…