Data center campus · Former Army ammunition plant, Claus Road, Riverbank, Stanislaus County, California
Riverbank Industrial Complex data center
Paused by moratorium
as of Sept. 8, 2026
A 60 MW data center proposed inside the former munitions plant, where Aemetis is the city's leasing agent; the city adopted a moratorium despite the company's objection.
Power60MW reported · stated
Who is behind it
ProjectRiverbank Industrial Complex data center
Developer and teamSpartan Data Centers
Aemetis
Aemetis
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.
The record, newest first
The Registry's headline, the visible part of a paywalled story, said Aemetis was pitching a clean-energy project on the site. (The Registry, Sept. 23, 2026)
The council unanimously approved a 45-day moratorium after five potential developers approached the city, one of them for the old plant. (KCRA via Yahoo News Canada, Sept. 10, 2026; Turlock Journal (CV Journalism Collaborative), Sept. 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
- The Registry story is paywalled; only its visible part was read. The Turlock Journal page shows no publication date; it was written after Sept. 8, 2026.
The full record
- Status note
- The city's 45-day moratorium of Sept. 8 froze data center approvals. Whether it was extended past its first term could not be confirmed from a page we opened, and no source says an application was filed.
- Power note
- 60 MW per the CV Journalism Collaborative report.
- Evidence
- News reports; primary records not yet obtained
- Size class
- 50 MW or more (tracker scope)