Energy and digital infrastructure, built together. Lancaster One is a proposed renewable-energy and advanced-technology campus in California's Antelope Valley, bringing together energy generation, storage and digital infrastructure within one coordinated development.
Designed to support the next generation of computing, technology and energy infrastructure.
Lancaster One is being designed as an integrated campus combining renewable-energy generation, battery energy storage, advanced-technology facilities, digital infrastructure and supporting utility systems.
Energy generation, storage, electrical infrastructure and technology facilities are being planned together as components of a coordinated development in eastern Lancaster. The project is planned to develop over time, with individual components implemented in phases as supporting energy and infrastructure become available, and with the flexibility to accommodate evolving technologies, future users and changing operational requirements.
The campus is intended to support a range of advanced uses, including data processing, cloud computing, digital infrastructure, artificial intelligence and other technology-related activities.
Lancaster One is being planned around an integrated energy system combining renewable generation, battery energy storage, electrical transmission and distribution infrastructure, utility interconnections and other energy resources.
Solar energy generated across the project can be delivered to the technology campus, stored for later use or, where appropriate, exported through utility interconnections. This coordinated approach is designed to support flexibility, resilience and the long-term energy requirements of the campus.
The technology campus is intended to accommodate many forms of computing and technology. Four broad categories describe what it can support.
Data processing, cloud computing, digital storage, communications and related computing functions.
High-performance computing, artificial intelligence training and inference, research and other advanced computing applications.
Research and development, technology integration, advanced manufacturing and related technology-oriented uses.
Workforce training, operations, maintenance, administration and supporting campus functions.
Generation, storage, transmission, distribution and computing infrastructure, planned together.
Lancaster One includes photovoltaic solar generation planned across multiple areas of the project. Renewable energy generated by these facilities is intended to support campus operations through an integrated electrical system connecting generation resources with energy storage, utility infrastructure and the technology campus. Some generation areas are contemplated to deliver energy through transmission and utility infrastructure, while solar located within the technology-campus area can connect more directly to the campus microgrid.
Battery energy storage is being incorporated throughout the campus energy system. Storage can capture renewable energy generated during the day for use during evening and nighttime periods, while also supporting load balancing, energy management and transitions among different energy sources.
Lancaster One is being designed to combine renewable generation and battery storage with other energy resources capable of supporting continuous technology operations. The final energy system may incorporate fuel cells, dispatchable generation, utility interconnections and other technologies as engineering, regulatory and operational requirements are refined.
A campus microgrid and supporting electrical infrastructure are being planned to coordinate energy generation, battery storage, technology operations and other energy resources across Lancaster One.
The system is expected to include substations, transmission and distribution infrastructure, monitoring and controls and utility interconnections.
This infrastructure is designed to allow energy to be managed across the campus as development occurs over time. The objective is an energy platform capable of supporting reliability, resilience and phased campus development.
Lancaster One is being designed to support the physical infrastructure required for a growing range of computing and technology applications. The technology campus is intended to accommodate data processing, cloud computing, digital storage, artificial intelligence applications and other advanced computing and technology functions.
The proposed technology campus will provide purpose-built environments for high-performance digital infrastructure. Buildings are being planned to accommodate data processing and computing equipment together with the electrical, telecommunications, cooling and operational infrastructure required to support advanced technology uses.
The technology campus is being planned around advanced cooling technologies, including direct-to-chip liquid cooling, closed-loop cooling systems and dry heat-rejection systems. These approaches are intended to reduce water requirements compared with traditional evaporative cooling systems while supporting the thermal requirements of high-density computing.
A location shaped by energy, infrastructure and a long history of innovation.
Lancaster One is being developed in eastern Lancaster within California's Antelope Valley. The area combines significant renewable-energy resources, available land and proximity to existing and planned utility infrastructure, creating an environment capable of supporting energy and advanced-technology development. Lancaster One is being planned within this broader infrastructure landscape as a long-term renewable-energy and technology campus.
One of the strongest solar resources in the country, with long, clear high-desert days.
Proximity to existing and planned utility infrastructure.
Land suited to large, integrated infrastructure, planned with care for its surroundings.
A city with a long history in clean energy and an open approach to new industry.
Lancaster One's development approach begins with the relationship between energy and the infrastructure it supports. Rather than treating generation, storage, electrical infrastructure and technology facilities as separate developments, the project is being planned as an integrated campus.
Renewable energy is generated across the campus through photovoltaic solar facilities.
Battery energy storage allows renewable generation to be stored and managed over different periods of the day.
Transmission, distribution, substations, utility interconnections and a campus microgrid connect and coordinate the project's energy resources.
The resulting energy platform is designed to support digital infrastructure, advanced technology and other campus operations as development occurs over time.
Lancaster One is being planned as a long-term investment in energy, infrastructure, technology and economic activity within the Antelope Valley.
The City of Lancaster is the Lead Agency for environmental review of Lancaster One under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The review will evaluate the potential effects of construction and operation and identify mitigation measures and alternatives where appropriate. Project design and engineering will continue to be refined through this process.
The technology campus is being planned around closed-loop liquid cooling and dry heat-rejection systems intended to substantially reduce water demand compared with traditional evaporative cooling. The project would also transition land currently used primarily for irrigated agriculture to renewable-energy and advanced-technology uses. Water requirements, supply and conservation strategies will be evaluated through the environmental-review process.
Lancaster One is intended to support employment associated with renewable energy, infrastructure, technology, operations, maintenance, engineering, administration and workforce development. The project also contemplates workforce-training and related technology uses as part of the broader campus.
Biological resources, cultural resources, water, air quality, transportation, noise, hazards and other environmental considerations are being evaluated as part of the project's CEQA review. Final project design will incorporate applicable mitigation measures, permitting requirements and resource-protection measures identified through that process.
Lancaster One brings together capabilities across energy, technology, infrastructure, engineering, finance and the public sector.
Generation, battery storage, electrical infrastructure, fuel cells, advanced energy technologies and computing systems.
Cloud, data processing, high-performance computing, artificial intelligence and other advanced digital infrastructure users.
Infrastructure providers and long-term institutional capital supporting development of complex energy and technology infrastructure.
Organizations interested in participating in Lancaster One are invited to contact the development team.
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Aster Energy Development LLC, a GGF Partners company, is the developer of Lancaster One. Aster is responsible for coordinating development of the campus and its energy, infrastructure and technology components.
GGF Partners is an infrastructure development platform focused on the convergence of energy, real estate and digital infrastructure. Visit GGF Partners ↗
Aster is working with First Public Hydrogen Authority (FPH2) in connection with development of the project.
Lancaster One welcomes inquiries from organizations across the energy, technology and infrastructure ecosystem. Tell us who you are and what you would like to discuss, and a member of the project team will follow up.
For official public notices, visit the City of Lancaster Planning Department ↗.