Controlled-environment R&D facility

A proving ground built for agricultural robots.

328,000 sq ft of contiguous, all-concrete floor under full climate control — the rare space where ag-robotics teams can build, test, and scale in one place.

~1 hour from Silicon Valley · in the Salinas–Pajaro grower cluster
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Sq ft under roof
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Acre site
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Concrete floors
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01Built for robotics & AI

Most facilities make you compromise. This one was made for the work.

Indoor robotics testing usually fights the building. Here the floor, the climate, and the power were specified for autonomous systems from the start.

Surface

328,000 sq ft of flat, contiguous concrete

Hard, navigable floors for autonomous ground vehicles, rail-mounted systems, and heavy equipment — none of the soil or gravel that complicates indoor robot testing.

Climate

Full temperature control, year-round

Repeatable, reproducible test conditions across every season, so results hold up and trials aren't at the mercy of the weather outside.

Power

6,400 amps of electrical service

Ample capacity for robot-fleet charging, high-power compute, supplemental lighting, and climate loads running at the same time.

Scale

One large footprint, many programs

Room to run multiple programs in parallel, conduct long-duration test cycles, and host customer and investor demonstrations on site.

02Location advantage

In the field where the customers already are.

  • In the cluster

    Minutes from Reservoir Farms and the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology, alongside many of the nation's largest berry and vegetable growers.

  • Close to the engineers

    Roughly an hour from Silicon Valley's robotics and AI talent — close enough for the team, far enough for real acreage.

  • Workforce & research

    A deep regional agricultural labor pool plus nearby university research at UC Santa Cruz, CSU Monterey Bay, and Hartnell College.

The site
265 Coward Rd
Watsonville, CA 95076

10.3 acres in the Pajaro Valley — the produce engine of California's Central Coast.

AgLab Systems
03Ideal for

What teams come here to do.

A Autonomous harvesting, weeding, scouting & materials handling
B AI / computer-vision & sensor development
C Robot-fleet validation & charging-infrastructure testing
D Customer & investor demonstrations
E Pilot- to commercial-scale controlled-environment production
04Available for

Flexible terms, divisible space.

Research partnerships, short- and long-term trials, demonstration use, and production — structured to fit the program. Dedicated program areas can be arranged.

Research partnershipShort-term trialLong-term lease DemonstrationProductionDivisible space
Let's talk

Schedule a call or a site visit.

Walk the floor, see the power and climate systems, and talk through how the space fits your program. We'll find terms that work.

Contact
Derek Russak
Direct line
(805) 558-3183
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