Coachella Mayor Frank Figueroa speaks on controversial data center

Coachella Mayor Frank Figueroa speaks on controversial data center

COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ) - Newly-appointed Coachella Mayor Frank Figueroa, spoke with News Channel 3 for the first time on the controversial proposed data center. News Channel 3 has been working to get information from city officials for weeks on the proposed Coachella Valley Technology Campus at Avenue 52 and Filmore St. Figueroa says the campus is still in the early stages, but that hasn't done much to quell residents concerns about potential …

Coachella residents call for data center moratorium as debate expands across Southern California

An hour’s drive north of the Imperial Valley, a new battleground is emerging in California’s debate over data centers and artificial intelligence.The Coachella Valley, known for its famed music festival and date palm farms, is now the planned site for a massive 240-acre technology campus that includes a large data center project.The campus would be built in the city of Coachella, a small, largely working-class city where 97% of residents identif…