DataBank and Goodman Group Launch 32MW Los Angeles Data Center to Address Capacity Crunch
Los Angeles does not whisper when it needs power. It strains, it signals, it pays a premium for anyone who can deliver capacity without excuses, and right now that signal is flashing red across every rack and relay in the region. In tech news, moments like this separate operators from spectators. On April 7, 2026, DataBank and Goodman Group stepped into that gap with a 32MW data center rising out of Vernon, California, at 3094 East Vernon Avenue, transforming a former industrial site into something far more precise, far more urgent. This is not speculative infrastructure. It is targeted capacity built for AI, cloud, and enterprise workloads that already exist and are already pressing against limits.
DataBank, headquartered in Dallas, brings more than 20 years of operational discipline into the room, alongside a footprint of 70+ data centers across 25+ markets and a development pipeline exceeding 850MW. Goodman Group, operating from Sydney and listed on the ASX, arrives with something equally critical but fundamentally different, which is land secured, power allocated, and capital deployed with intent. Together, they lock into a 50/50 joint venture that converts Goodman’s LAX01 development into DataBank’s LAX2, marking its second Los Angeles presence, positioned just 4 miles from One Wilshire with latency hovering near 0.35 milliseconds. In tech news, proximity like that is not trivia, it is leverage.
Raul Martynek, CEO of DataBank, frames the move around urgency and execution, pointing directly at the need for AI ready capacity and the advantage of compressing timelines through partnership. Anthony Rozic, CEO of Goodman North America and Deputy Group CEO, sharpens the lens further, calling out power, sites, and capital as the limiting factors already solved on their side, now fused with DataBank’s access to more than 2,500 enterprise customers. The language stays measured, but the structure underneath is aggressive, designed to move fast in a market where delay translates directly into lost demand.
The timeline reinforces that intent. An initial 6MW is scheduled to come online in December 2026, followed by the remaining 26MW rolling out through September 2027. Dual fed power, immediate adjacency to one of the most critical interconnection hubs in the United States, and placement inside one of the most supply constrained data center markets in the country. This is not capacity waiting to be discovered. This is capacity entering a queue that is already formed.
What makes this land harder is what both sides signal without overexplaining. Vernon is the first move, not the only one. The model is clear, with Goodman delivering sites, entitlements, and infrastructure readiness, while DataBank activates the asset through operations, leasing, and customer relationships. In tech news, patterns matter more than announcements, and this one carries the outline of replication across other constrained U.S. markets where power is tight and timelines are tighter.
The story does not end at 32MW. It opens at scale, where infrastructure, capital, and demand meet without friction, and where the next site is already implied before the first rack goes live.