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Data center campus · Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura, Ventura County, California

Global Stack proposal, Ventura County Fairgrounds

Denied as of Sept. 15, 2026

A fair board ended talks on a 100-year lease for a shipping-container-sized computing unit, parking structure and vertiport. Also known as: Resilience Edge Compute.

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PowerNot statedNot reported in the records found
Site5acres

Who is behind it

ProjectGlobal Stack proposal, Ventura County FairgroundsAlso: Resilience Edge Compute
Developer and teamGlobal Stack LLC
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.

The record, newest first

  1. The Earl Warren Showgrounds CEO in Santa Barbara said he had declined a memorandum and made no commitment, and would bring the matter to his board as an informational item. (Santa Barbara News-Press, Oct. 15, 2026)

  2. The board voted 5-3 to end talks and give 30-day notice on the memorandum, at a meeting drawing about 200 residents. (Ojai Valley News / Ventura County Sun, Sept. 17, 2026; Santa Barbara News-Press, Sept. 17, 2026)

  3. The company described the unit as emergency infrastructure that could also handle everyday data; the fairgrounds held a nonbinding memorandum of understanding. (Spectrum News, Sept. 4, 2026)

  4. The Chronicle reported a company presentation calling for 8 to 10 MW per site, and early talks with the Cow Palace and San Mateo County Event Center, and that Calistoga had dropped the idea. (San Francisco Chronicle via Yahoo News, July 8, 2026)

  5. The company presented at Calistoga Fairgrounds to an advisory committee, which took no vote. (NorCal Public Media (Bay City News), June 25, 2026)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Part of a pitch to as many as 70 California fairgrounds; the company says its systems are not traditional data centers. The company appears as both Global Stack LLC and Global Stack USA.
  • Other sites with no separate record: Calistoga (informational hearing June 2026, no vote; the Chronicle says the idea was dropped), Cow Palace and San Mateo County Event Center (early talks per the Chronicle), and Earl Warren Showgrounds in Santa Barbara, whose CEO said he signed no memorandum.

The full record

Status note
A fair board, not a permitting agency, voted to end talks and give notice on the memorandum; no permit application is reported.
Power note
Under 50 MW as pitched: a company presentation called for 8 to 10 MW per site. No figure was reported for this site.
Evidence
News reports; primary records not yet obtained
Size class
Under 50 MW (outside main scope; kept for completeness)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.