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Google Goleta Quantum AI Campus

Google Goleta Quantum AI Campus is a tracked AI data center campus in Goleta, California, USA. Google's Goleta campus is the physical home of Google Quantum AI, sited in 2013 to tap the UCSB superconducting-qubit talent pool led by Hartmut Neven and John Martinis. The site combines research offices, an in-house su

Energized · Google · Private land · CAISO · Goleta, California, USA

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Google Goleta Quantum AI Campus capacity claims
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Key facts

energized

Lifecycle

0 GW

Energized

Google

Developer

Goleta, California, USA

Location

CAISO

Grid

private land

Land

Reported facts

Structured facts sourced from citations already on this record. Each fact traces to a source in the References section below.

Type
Quantum AI R&D campus (not hyperscale data center)
Total footprint
~300,000 sqft (83,356 sqft purchased Aug 2026 for $32.5M)
Quantum AI lab
301 Mentor Drive — quantum hardware development + fabrication facility
UCSB partnership
Quantum computing research partnership with UC Santa Barbara
Location
Santa Barbara Research Park, Goleta, CA
Established
2013, chosen for proximity to UCSB's superconducting-qubit talent pool
Primary chip
105-qubit Willow superconducting processor, announced Dec 9, 2024
Predecessor chip
53-qubit Sycamore (2019 quantum-supremacy demonstration)
Willow benchmark
Random-circuit sampling in ~5 minutes vs 10^25 years on a classical supercomputer
Error correction
First processor to demonstrate below-threshold surface-code error correction (errors decrease as qubit count scales)
Cooling
Dilution refrigerators operating at ~10-20 millikelvin
Fabrication
In-house superconducting-circuit fab with Josephson-junction patterning
Aug 2026 acquisition
83,356 sqft at 147/153 Castilian Drive purchased for $32.5M from a Bloomsbury/ABC-CLIO seller
Other sites
Leased space at 6868 Cortona Drive (~15,000 sqft) and lab at 301 Mentor Drive
Access program
Willow Early Access Program for select research partners; not publicly available
Campus setting
Entrance to Santa Barbara Research Park, near Los Carneros Rd and Hollister Ave

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The deal

operator
Google · Owner-operator; purchased campus Aug 2026 for $32.5M

Power

Power source
grid
Grid operator
CAISO
Interconnection
Water
Not a water-cooled hyperscale facility. Quantum processors operate inside dilution refrigerators that use a helium-3/helium-4 mixture to reach millikelvin temperatures; conventional HVAC serves the office and cleanroom envelope.

The California (CAISO) grid demand right now: 42.5 GW (EIA-930, 2026-08-26 00:00).

County water status: No drought in Santa Barbara County, week of 2026-08-18 (US Drought Monitor). Data centers are large water users for cooling; this is the neutral local water picture.

Why here

Google Goleta Quantum AI Campus sits on private land in Goleta, California, USA. It connects to the CAISO grid, draws on grid power. This siting summary is composed from the record's held fields, not speculation; see methodology.

Financial structure

83,356 sqft campus purchase (147/153 Castilian Drive)
$33M news

Sources

81809c99-0329-4153-842d-3d1bda73cedf · Tracked with DEPLOY's verified-vs-claimed methodology. Every term is defined in the glossary. Announced numbers are claims, not built capacity.

Head-to-head

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Common questions

What is Google Goleta Quantum AI Campus?
Google Goleta Quantum AI Campus is an AI data center campus tracked on the DEPLOY registry, located in Goleta, California, USA. DEPLOY records its capacity as a dated, sourced ledger: announced gigawatts versus actually energized gigawatts, never a press-release total.
Who is building Google Goleta Quantum AI Campus?
Google is recorded as a party to Google Goleta Quantum AI Campus on the DEPLOY registry. The full party list, with each role, is on the record.
Is Google Goleta Quantum AI Campus operating yet?
As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, Google Goleta Quantum AI Campus is energized and operating. DEPLOY tracks the lifecycle from announced through energized, so the current state reflects sourced evidence, not the original announcement.
How verified is the data on Google Goleta Quantum AI Campus?
A human editor has reviewed this record for the indexed registry. Every capacity figure is an append-only, dated claim resolved to the highest-evidence tier; superseded claims are kept but excluded from the current view.

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DEPLOY. (2026). Google Goleta Quantum AI Campus: AI data center campus record. Retrieved August 26, 2026, from https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/google-goleta-quantum-ai-campus

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