Mt. Shasta Data Center Brief

• Word circulating among residents says an out-of-area company made an early exploratory inquiry to City of Mt. Shasta staff about a data center at the former Crystal Geyser bottling plant.
• The report itself says this is community discussion, not an official announcement or published report.
• The site is the former Crystal Geyser property at 210 Ski Village Drive, outside the city in unincorporated Siskiyou County, on land zoned heavy industry.
• The site is connected to the long Crystal Geyser water fight and includes production wells and water rights running with the land.

• Whether any inquiry occurred.
• Whether a formal application is filed.
• Whether a company is named.
• Whether the project would use evaporative water cooling, closed-loop cooling, air cooling, or another design.
• Daily water demand, megawatt demand, backup-power plan, noise, emissions, grid upgrades, and ratepayer impact.
• Whether the county treats the use as by-right or discretionary, and whether CEQA review and public hearings are triggered.

The core concern is not technology by itself. The concern is where the footprint lands: the aquifer, the grid, the airshed, local costs, and public review in a town with a long water-protection history.

The report identifies the cooling-design question as the first public fact to establish, because evaporative cooling and closed-loop/air cooling have very different local water and power consequences.

• Will Siskiyou County require a full public review?
• What cooling design would be used?
• How many gallons per day would be required?
• How many megawatts would be required?
• Who would pay for grid upgrades?
• Would backup power involve diesel or gas generators?
• How many permanent jobs would be created, and would tax breaks reduce local benefit?

The original brief asks readers to seek a full public review and disclosure of cooling design, water draw, and power demand before any decision is made.