Who’s building in California
Closest to protected land
- T5@Silicon Valley (Newark)Alameda County · Mid-size, inferred0.3 mi
- Hurricane Electric Fremont 1Alameda County · Small, inferred1.1 mi
- Equinix SV6 SunnyvaleSanta Clara County · Mid-size, inferred1.4 mi
- Menlo Digital 4650 Old IronsidesSanta Clara County · Small, inferred1.5 mi
- NVIDIA San Jose Data Center (300 Holger Way)Santa Clara County · Mid-size · 20 MW1.6 mi
- XO Communications FremontAlameda County · Small, inferred1.6 mi
- ElasticHosts FremontAlameda County · Small, inferred1.7 mi
- Mapletree 400 Holger Way San JoseSanta Clara County · Small, inferred1.7 mi
Distance is to the boundary of the nearest protected unit; open a row to see which.
Projects communities stopped
16 proposed projects in California were defeated, withdrawn or blocked after local pushback, a moratorium or a developer’s own retreat.
- Eightform AI Data Center (Hyatt Place Conversion)Los Angeles County · Mid-size · 50 MWWithdrawn
- Calistoga Fairgrounds Data Center (Global Stack proposal)Napa County · Mid-size · 10 MWWithdrawn
- Bridgehead Industrial ProjectContra Costa CountyWithdrawn
- City of Coachella Data Center BanRiverside CountyBlocked by moratorium
- San Joaquin County Data Center MoratoriumSan Joaquin CountyBlocked by moratorium
- 1977 Saturn Data Center Project (Monterey Park)Los Angeles CountyWithdrawn
- City of Indio Data Center MoratoriumRiverside CountyBlocked by moratorium
- Stronghold Power Riverside Data CenterRiverside CountyCanceled
- Calipatria Data Center MoratoriumImperial CountyBlocked by moratorium
- Imperial Data Center ProjectImperial CountySuspended
- Marina Temporary Data Center BanMonterey CountyBlocked by moratorium
- City of Palm Springs Data Center MoratoriumRiverside CountyBlocked by moratorium
- Calexico Permanent Data Center BanImperial CountyBlocked by moratorium
- Los Angeles County Unincorporated Areas Data Center BanLos Angeles CountyBlocked by moratorium
- Patterson Data Center MoratoriumStanislaus CountyBlocked by moratorium
- Gilroy Temporary Data Center MoratoriumSanta Clara CountyBlocked by moratorium
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Every tracked facility in California
221 facilities across 24 counties, the busiest first. Open a county for its rows; each row opens the facility.
Santa Clara County 10 proposed 8 under construction 74 operating92
- CoreWeave Santa ClaraMid-size · 60 MW
- Digital Realty Santa ClaraMid-size · 48 MW
- EdgeCore SV02 Santa ClaraUnsized, inferred
- Gilroy Data Center (Amazon Data Services, Camino Arroyo)Mid-size · 98 MW
- Microsoft Azure Silicon Valley CampusMid-size · 99 MW
- Santa Clara AI Innovation CenterMid-size · 35 MW
- Skybox Datacenters Santa ClaraMid-size · 90 MW
- Stack Infrastructure Silicon Valley San Jose CampusMid-size · 60 MW
- AWS Santa Clara 960 Central Expressway SiteCampus, inferred
- Bowers Data Center (Walsh-Bowers Technology Center, CoreSite)Mid-size · 72 MW
- CloudHQ Santa ClaraCampus, inferred
- Connect Data Centers Santa Clara CampusMid-size · 50 MW
- GLP Capital San Jose Data HubLarge · 396 MW
- Goodman Innovation Centre San Jose (350 & 370 W Trimble Rd)Mid-size · 97 MW
- IBM Almaden Research Center Rezoning (650 Harry Road)Unsized, inferred
- NVIDIA San Jose Data Center (300 Holger Way)Mid-size · 20 MW
- Prologis Silver Creek Data CenterMid-size · 99 MW
- Vantage SJ2 CampusCampus, inferred
- 365 Main Silicon Valley SV7Colo, inferred
- Atlantic Metro San Jose SJC1Small, inferred
- AWS Silicon Valley CampusLarge, inferred
- Cerebras Sunnyvale Wafer-Scale Compute CenterSmall, inferred
- Cloudflare Edge San JoseNetwork, inferred
- Cologix SV1 Santa ClaraEdge · 9 MW
- Colovore SJC01 Santa ClaraSmall, inferred
- ColoXchange Sunnyvale (1360 Kifer Rd)Small, inferred
- Control Circle Silicon Valley MilpitasSmall, inferred
- CoreSite Milpitas SV8 CampusMid-size, inferred
- CoreSite Santa Clara SV7 CampusMid-size, inferred
- CoreSite SV1 Santa ClaraMid-size, inferred
- CoreSite SV2 MilpitasMid-size, inferred
- CoreSite SV8 Silicon Valley CampusMid-size, inferred
- Csquare Sunnyvale SFO3-AMid-size · 18 MW
- CyrusOne Santa Clara IIMid-size, inferred
- CyrusOne SCV1 Santa ClaraMid-size, inferred
- Cyxtera San JoseMid-size, inferred
- Cyxtera SFO1-A Santa ClaraEdge · 5 MW
- Cyxtera Silicon Valley CampusMid-size, inferred
- DataBank SFO1 Santa Clara (5101 Lafayette St)Edge · 3 MW
- Datapipe San JoseEdge · 9 MW
- Digital Realty San Jose DowntownEdge · 7 MW
- Digital Realty Santa Clara 3rd Street CampusMid-size · 48 MW
- Digital Realty Santa Clara Bayshore CampusMid-size, inferred
- Digital Realty Santa Clara Campus IMid-size, inferred
- Digital Realty Santa Clara Interconnection HubMid-size, inferred
- DigitalOcean SFO Region CampusMid-size, inferred
- EdgeConneX Santa ClaraEdge · 2 MW
- Element Critical SV1 SunnyvaleSmall, inferred
- Equinix Metal Bare Metal Cloud San JoseSmall, inferred
- Equinix SV1 San JoseMid-size, inferred
- Equinix SV10 Silicon ValleyMid-size, inferred
- Equinix SV11 Santa ClaraMid-size · 20 MW
- Equinix SV12 ExpansionMid-size · 28 MW
- Equinix SV14 MilpitasMid-size, inferred
- Equinix SV15 Silicon ValleyMid-size, inferred
- Equinix SV16 Silicon ValleyMid-size, inferred
- Equinix SV2 Santa ClaraEdge · 7 MW
- Equinix SV3 San JoseMid-size, inferred
- Equinix SV4 San JoseMid-size, inferred
- Equinix SV5 San JoseMid-size · 15 MW
- Equinix SV6 SunnyvaleMid-size, inferred
- Equinix SV8 Santa ClaraMid-size, inferred
- Evocative Santa Clara SJC11 (2151 Mission College Blvd)Edge · 9 MW
- H5 Data Centers San JoseMid-size, inferred
- IBM San Jose Cloud FacilitySmall, inferred
- IBM San Jose Research & Cloud CenterSmall, inferred
- INAP San Jose Data Center SJE004Small, inferred
- InfoRelay Milpitas SJC2Small, inferred
- Intel Santa Clara D2P3 Data Center (2200 Mission College Blvd)Institutional, inferred
- Layer42 Santa ClaraSmall, inferred
- Level 3 Communications SunnyvaleSmall, inferred
- Lumen San Jose Pacific HubMid-size · 35 MW
- Mapletree 400 Holger Way San JoseSmall, inferred
- Mapletree Digital Campus Santa ClaraMid-size · 10 MW
- Menlo Digital 4650 Old IronsidesSmall, inferred
- NaviSite San JoseSmall, inferred
- Northwest Data Center and Communications HubInstitutional, inferred
- NTT Global Santa ClaraMid-size · 16 MW
- NTT San Jose Lundy Data CenterMid-size, inferred
- Oracle Cloud San Jose CampusLarge, inferred
- PEER 1 Hosting San JoseSmall, inferred
- QTS San JoseLarge, inferred
- Rackspace Silicon Valley Cloud CenterColo, inferred
- SAP San Jose Cloud HubSmall, inferred
- SoftLayer San Jose SJC01Small, inferred
- Stack Infrastructure San Jose CampusLarge · 100 MW
- StratCap Santa Clara Data Center (3205 Bassett St)Small, inferred
- Telehouse Santa ClaraSmall, inferred
- Terremark Santa Clara Cloud-Enabled DC-04 MFASmall, inferred
- Vantage Data Centers Santa Clara IIMid-size · 75 MW
- Vantage Santa ClaraLarge, inferred
- Vultr Silicon Valley CampusMid-size, inferred
Los Angeles County 1 proposed 1 under construction 31 operating33
- Goodman LAX01 VernonMid-size · 32 MW
- Downtown LA Edge FacilityMid-size · 32 MW
- Aptum Los AngelesSmall, inferred
- AT&T Madison Complex Tandem OfficeNetwork, inferred
- Cogent Communications Los Angeles PoPNetwork, inferred
- Cogent La MiradaEdge · 2 MW
- Cogent PasadenaEdge · 3 MW
- Colocation America LADC2 (Aon Center)Colo, inferred
- CoreSite LA3 Los AngelesMid-size · 18 MW
- CoreSite Los Angeles LA1 CampusMid-size, inferred
- CoreSite Los Angeles LA2 CampusMid-size, inferred
- DataBank LAX1 Los AngelesEdge · 2 MW
- DigiCo LAX2 Los AngelesSmall, inferred
- Digital Realty LAX CampusMid-size, inferred
- Digital Realty Los Angeles 600 West CampusMid-size, inferred
- El Segundo Cloud CampusMid-size, inferred
- Equinix LA1 Los AngelesMid-size, inferred
- Equinix LA2 Los AngelesMid-size, inferred
- Equinix LA3 Los AngelesEdge · 6 MW
- Equinix LA4 Los AngelesMid-size, inferred
- Equinix LA5 Los AngelesMid-size, inferred
- Equinix LA7 Los AngelesMid-size · 12 MW
- Evocative LAX2 Los AngelesColo, inferred
- Evocative Redondo LAX14Colo, inferred
- GI Partners Culver Blvd Culver CityEdge · 5 MW
- Mapletree 2301 West 120th HawthorneSmall, inferred
- ServerFarm Los Angeles LAX1Mid-size · 17 MW
- Subrigo 650 South Grand Data CenterSmall, inferred
- T5 Data Centers Los AngelesMid-size, inferred
- TELEHOUSE Los Angeles CenterSmall, inferred
- US Colo Los Angeles (800 Hope)Small, inferred
- West 7 Center 1200 West 7th Los AngelesSmall, inferred
- Zayo Los Angeles One WilshireNetwork, inferred
San Diego County 18 operating18
- AT&T CenterNetwork, inferred
- AT&T San Diego Data CenterNetwork, inferred
- CariNet San DiegoSmall, inferred
- Cogent Downtown San DiegoNetwork, inferred
- Cogent San Diego 2Network, inferred
- DataBank San DiegoEdge · 8 MW
- i2b Networks San DiegoSmall, inferred
- LightEdge San Diego (Lightwave)Small, inferred
- Lumen San Diego 1Network, inferred
- Mapletree 7337 Trade St San DiegoSmall, inferred
- NFINIT/LightEdge San Diego ISmall, inferred
- San Diego Tech Center (SDTC)Small, inferred
- ScaleMatrix San DiegoSmall, inferred
- SimpleNet San DiegoSmall, inferred
- UC San Diego SDSCSmall, inferred
- UCSD San Diego Supercomputer CenterInstitutional, inferred
- USMC Camp Pendleton Data CenterInstitutional, inferred
- Verizon 5771 Copley San DiegoNetwork, inferred
Alameda County 2 proposed 15 operating17
- 415 20th Street Innovation CampusMid-size · 20 MW
- Fremont Data CenterMid-size · 90 MW
- AWS Hayward Campus (us-west-1b)Large, inferred
- Cogent OaklandNetwork, inferred
- Digital Realty OaklandMid-size, inferred
- ElasticHosts FremontSmall, inferred
- Evocative Oakland OAK1Colo, inferred
- Hurricane Electric Fremont 1Small, inferred
- Hurricane Electric Fremont CampusMid-size · 20 MW
- Internap Oakland (HorizonIQ)Small, inferred
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory NERSCInstitutional, inferred
- Lawrence Livermore National Ignition Facility ComputingInstitutional, inferred
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ComputingLarge · 100 MW
- Linode (Akamai) Fremont Region CampusMid-size, inferred
- Pac-West Data Center Oakland (1624 Franklin)Small, inferred
- T5@Silicon Valley (Newark)Mid-size, inferred
- XO Communications FremontSmall, inferred
Sacramento County 2 under construction 11 operating13
- Prime Data Centers McClellan ParkUnsized, inferred
- Prime Data Centers SMF02Mid-size · 18 MW
- Advanced Data Centers McClellan CampusMid-size · 50 MW
- California Office of Technology Services Data CenterInstitutional, inferred
- California Technology Agency Rancho Cordova DCInstitutional, inferred
- Digital Realty Sacramento CampusMid-size, inferred
- Edgeconnex Data CenterColo, inferred
- NTT Global Sacramento CampusMid-size · 50 MW
- NTT Global Sacramento Data CenterMid-size · 30 MW
- Prime Data Centers Sacramento CampusMid-size, inferred
- QTS Sacramento Cloud Landing ZoneEdge · 9 MW
- QTS Sacramento Enterprise CampusMid-size · 13 MW
- RagingWire CA2Mid-size, inferred
Orange County 11 operating11
- Aecero Orange County SNA1 (CBX)Small, inferred
- Centersquare LA2 IrvineMid-size · 15 MW
- Cogent AnaheimNetwork, inferred
- DataBank SNA2 IrvineEdge · 8 MW
- Dynascale Alchemy IrvineSmall, inferred
- Eagle Mountain Data AnaheimEdge · 3 MW
- Lumen AnaheimNetwork, inferred
- Lumen TechnologiesNetwork, inferred
- Millennium Systems IrvineSmall, inferred
- TPx Santa Ana Data CenterSmall, inferred
- Zayo Orange County (7 Mason)Network, inferred
San Francisco County 1 under construction 8 operating9
- Novva San FranciscoMid-size · 28 MW
- 1547 Critical Systems 400 Paul Ave San FranciscoMid-size · 24 MW
- AWS Wavelength Zone San FranciscoSmall, inferred
- ColoServe San FranciscoSmall, inferred
- DataCanopy San FranciscoColo, inferred
- Digital Realty San Francisco 365 Main CampusMid-size, inferred
- Fortress Data Centers San Francisco SF1Edge · 3 MW
- HorizonIQ (INAP) San Francisco Data CenterSmall, inferred
- Hosting.com San Francisco Data CenterSmall, inferred
Fresno County 1 proposed 2 operating3
Kern County 2 proposed 1 operating3
San Bernardino County 3 operating3
San Luis Obispo County 3 operating3
San Mateo County 2 operating2
Stanislaus County 1 proposed 1 operating2
Tulare County 1 proposed 1 operating2
Contra Costa County 1 under construction1
Kings County 1 proposed1
Napa County 1 operating1
Placer County 1 operating1
Riverside County 1 operating1
San Joaquin County 1 operating1
Siskiyou County 1 proposed1
Solano County 1 operating1
Torrance County 1 operating1
Yolo County 1 operating1
Data centers in California: common questions
- How many data centers are in California?
- More Than Just Parks tracks 221 active data center facilities in California, each citing a public source: 188 operating, 13 under construction and 20 proposed. 16 more were canceled, withdrawn or blocked.
- How much electricity do California's data centers use?
- We don’t publish a state total, and the reason matters: roughly four in ten facilities never disclose a capacity, so any sum would look like a census of California's data center load while leaving out the sites that stayed quiet. Each facility page shows the figure its own source states. A single large campus can draw as much power as a small city.
- Are California data centers near protected land?
- 168 of the tracked facilities in California sit within 10 miles of protected public land, measured to the real boundary of the nearest national park, wilderness area, wildlife refuge or conservation area; 1 sit within a single mile.
Every facility on this page cites a public record we can link to: industry reporting, facility trackers, company announcements, and local planning and utility filings, cross-referenced against protected public land. Part of the Data Center Tracker from More Than Just Parks. A row prints a capacity only where its own source states one.
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