Canadian developer Beacon Data Centers has partnered with California Resources Corporation (CRC) to build the Golden Valley Technology Hub, a behind-the-meter data center campus located in Kern County, California.
Situated about 20 miles west of Bakersfield, the facility will draw dedicated power directly from CRC’s adjacent natural gas-fired Elk Hills Power Plant, relying on utility grid connections and on-site diesel generators as secondary backup. Designed for next-generation workloads, the campus will also incorporate a closed-loop liquid cooling system to significantly reduce water usage.
Venture capital firm Nadia Partners has officially launched its new data center vehicle, Beacon AI Centers.
Beacon is a data center development company focused on developing projects to power hyper-scale digital infrastructure projects (cloud and AI compute centers) in Canada.
Beacon's infrastructure developments aim to put Canada at the forefront of the AI and computing revolutions.
July 07, 2026 Beacon Data Centers
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