A Northern California tribe and a private developer plan to build an artificial intelligence and energy infrastructure campus on tribal lands that will drive power-intensive data development tied to existing microgrid capacity.
The project, led by tribally-owned Colusa Indian Energy and Strata Expanse, will be built on land owned by the Katil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community.
The first phase includes a Center of Excellence designed to test advanced AI workloads. The companies say the facility will connect to the tribe’s existing microgrid and plan to expand on-site power generation capacity to more than 100 megawatts within 18 months.
This development brings together technology partners including DDN, Supermicro, Nvidia, Intel, and AMD to support computing infrastructure and early-stage deployment.
Colusa Indian Energy, a Section 17 corporation owned by the Katil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians, has operated a microgrid that has operated in island mode for more than 20 years. The project extends its energy platform into digital infrastructure, an area facing increasing demand from AI computing.
The deal marks the first partnership with a tribal nation for Strata Expanse, a Woodlands, Texas-based real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on energy-first data center development.
The companies announced the project this week during the Reservation Economy Summit (RES) in Las Vegas.
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