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California

221 data center facilities we can tie to a public record. 168 sit within 10 miles of protected public land, 1 within a mile. 118 small sites are on record but not on the map.

20 proposed 13 under construction 188 operating 16 stopped

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Who’s building in California

  1. Equinix20 sites
  2. Digital Realty13 sites
  3. Lumen Technologies10 sites
  4. CoreSite9 sites
  5. Cogent Communications7 sites
  6. NTT Global Data Centers4 sites
  7. Mapletree Redwood Data Centre Trust4 sites
  8. Evocative4 sites

Closest to protected land

  1. T5@Silicon Valley (Newark)Alameda County · Mid-size, inferred0.3 mi
  2. Hurricane Electric Fremont 1Alameda County · Small, inferred1.1 mi
  3. Equinix SV6 SunnyvaleSanta Clara County · Mid-size, inferred1.4 mi
  4. Menlo Digital 4650 Old IronsidesSanta Clara County · Small, inferred1.5 mi
  5. NVIDIA San Jose Data Center (300 Holger Way)Santa Clara County · Mid-size · 20 MW1.6 mi
  6. XO Communications FremontAlameda County · Small, inferred1.6 mi
  7. ElasticHosts FremontAlameda County · Small, inferred1.7 mi
  8. 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16 proposed projects in California were defeated, withdrawn or blocked after local pushback, a moratorium or a developer’s own retreat.

  1. Eightform AI Data Center (Hyatt Place Conversion)Los Angeles County · Mid-size · 50 MWWithdrawn
  2. Calistoga Fairgrounds Data Center (Global Stack proposal)Napa County · Mid-size · 10 MWWithdrawn
  3. Bridgehead Industrial ProjectContra Costa CountyWithdrawn
  4. City of Coachella Data Center BanRiverside CountyBlocked by moratorium
  5. San Joaquin County Data Center MoratoriumSan Joaquin CountyBlocked by moratorium
  6. 1977 Saturn Data Center Project (Monterey Park)Los Angeles CountyWithdrawn
  7. City of Indio Data Center MoratoriumRiverside CountyBlocked by moratorium
  8. Stronghold Power Riverside Data CenterRiverside CountyCanceled
  9. Calipatria Data Center MoratoriumImperial CountyBlocked by moratorium
  10. Imperial Data Center ProjectImperial CountySuspended
  11. Marina Temporary Data Center BanMonterey CountyBlocked by moratorium
  12. City of Palm Springs Data Center MoratoriumRiverside CountyBlocked by moratorium
  13. Calexico Permanent Data Center BanImperial CountyBlocked by moratorium
  14. Los Angeles County Unincorporated Areas Data Center BanLos Angeles CountyBlocked by moratorium
  15. Patterson Data Center MoratoriumStanislaus CountyBlocked by moratorium
  16. 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
  1. CoreWeave Santa ClaraMid-size · 60 MW
  2. Digital Realty Santa ClaraMid-size · 48 MW
  3. EdgeCore SV02 Santa ClaraUnsized, inferred
  4. Gilroy Data Center (Amazon Data Services, Camino Arroyo)Mid-size · 98 MW
  5. Microsoft Azure Silicon Valley CampusMid-size · 99 MW
  6. Santa Clara AI Innovation CenterMid-size · 35 MW
  7. Skybox Datacenters Santa ClaraMid-size · 90 MW
  8. Stack Infrastructure Silicon Valley San Jose CampusMid-size · 60 MW
  9. AWS Santa Clara 960 Central Expressway SiteCampus, inferred
  10. Bowers Data Center (Walsh-Bowers Technology Center, CoreSite)Mid-size · 72 MW
  11. CloudHQ Santa ClaraCampus, inferred
  12. Connect Data Centers Santa Clara CampusMid-size · 50 MW
  13. GLP Capital San Jose Data HubLarge · 396 MW
  14. Goodman Innovation Centre San Jose (350 & 370 W Trimble Rd)Mid-size · 97 MW
  15. IBM Almaden Research Center Rezoning (650 Harry Road)Unsized, inferred
  16. NVIDIA San Jose Data Center (300 Holger Way)Mid-size · 20 MW
  17. Prologis Silver Creek Data CenterMid-size · 99 MW
  18. Vantage SJ2 CampusCampus, inferred
  19. 365 Main Silicon Valley SV7Colo, inferred
  20. Atlantic Metro San Jose SJC1Small, inferred
  21. AWS Silicon Valley CampusLarge, inferred
  22. Cerebras Sunnyvale Wafer-Scale Compute CenterSmall, inferred
  23. Cloudflare Edge San JoseNetwork, inferred
  24. Cologix SV1 Santa ClaraEdge · 9 MW
  25. Colovore SJC01 Santa ClaraSmall, inferred
  26. ColoXchange Sunnyvale (1360 Kifer Rd)Small, inferred
  27. Control Circle Silicon Valley MilpitasSmall, inferred
  28. CoreSite Milpitas SV8 CampusMid-size, inferred
  29. CoreSite Santa Clara SV7 CampusMid-size, inferred
  30. CoreSite SV1 Santa ClaraMid-size, inferred
  31. CoreSite SV2 MilpitasMid-size, inferred
  32. CoreSite SV8 Silicon Valley CampusMid-size, inferred
  33. Csquare Sunnyvale SFO3-AMid-size · 18 MW
  34. CyrusOne Santa Clara IIMid-size, inferred
  35. CyrusOne SCV1 Santa ClaraMid-size, inferred
  36. Cyxtera San JoseMid-size, inferred
  37. Cyxtera SFO1-A Santa ClaraEdge · 5 MW
  38. Cyxtera Silicon Valley CampusMid-size, inferred
  39. DataBank SFO1 Santa Clara (5101 Lafayette St)Edge · 3 MW
  40. Datapipe San JoseEdge · 9 MW
  41. Digital Realty San Jose DowntownEdge · 7 MW
  42. Digital Realty Santa Clara 3rd Street CampusMid-size · 48 MW
  43. Digital Realty Santa Clara Bayshore CampusMid-size, inferred
  44. Digital Realty Santa Clara Campus IMid-size, inferred
  45. Digital Realty Santa Clara Interconnection HubMid-size, inferred
  46. DigitalOcean SFO Region CampusMid-size, inferred
  47. EdgeConneX Santa ClaraEdge · 2 MW
  48. Element Critical SV1 SunnyvaleSmall, inferred
  49. Equinix Metal Bare Metal Cloud San JoseSmall, inferred
  50. Equinix SV1 San JoseMid-size, inferred
  51. Equinix SV10 Silicon ValleyMid-size, inferred
  52. Equinix SV11 Santa ClaraMid-size · 20 MW
  53. Equinix SV12 ExpansionMid-size · 28 MW
  54. Equinix SV14 MilpitasMid-size, inferred
  55. Equinix SV15 Silicon ValleyMid-size, inferred
  56. Equinix SV16 Silicon ValleyMid-size, inferred
  57. Equinix SV2 Santa ClaraEdge · 7 MW
  58. Equinix SV3 San JoseMid-size, inferred
  59. Equinix SV4 San JoseMid-size, inferred
  60. Equinix SV5 San JoseMid-size · 15 MW
  61. Equinix SV6 SunnyvaleMid-size, inferred
  62. Equinix SV8 Santa ClaraMid-size, inferred
  63. Evocative Santa Clara SJC11 (2151 Mission College Blvd)Edge · 9 MW
  64. H5 Data Centers San JoseMid-size, inferred
  65. IBM San Jose Cloud FacilitySmall, inferred
  66. IBM San Jose Research & Cloud CenterSmall, inferred
  67. INAP San Jose Data Center SJE004Small, inferred
  68. InfoRelay Milpitas SJC2Small, inferred
  69. Intel Santa Clara D2P3 Data Center (2200 Mission College Blvd)Institutional, inferred
  70. Layer42 Santa ClaraSmall, inferred
  71. Level 3 Communications SunnyvaleSmall, inferred
  72. Lumen San Jose Pacific HubMid-size · 35 MW
  73. Mapletree 400 Holger Way San JoseSmall, inferred
  74. Mapletree Digital Campus Santa ClaraMid-size · 10 MW
  75. Menlo Digital 4650 Old IronsidesSmall, inferred
  76. NaviSite San JoseSmall, inferred
  77. Northwest Data Center and Communications HubInstitutional, inferred
  78. NTT Global Santa ClaraMid-size · 16 MW
  79. NTT San Jose Lundy Data CenterMid-size, inferred
  80. Oracle Cloud San Jose CampusLarge, inferred
  81. PEER 1 Hosting San JoseSmall, inferred
  82. QTS San JoseLarge, inferred
  83. Rackspace Silicon Valley Cloud CenterColo, inferred
  84. SAP San Jose Cloud HubSmall, inferred
  85. SoftLayer San Jose SJC01Small, inferred
  86. Stack Infrastructure San Jose CampusLarge · 100 MW
  87. StratCap Santa Clara Data Center (3205 Bassett St)Small, inferred
  88. Telehouse Santa ClaraSmall, inferred
  89. Terremark Santa Clara Cloud-Enabled DC-04 MFASmall, inferred
  90. Vantage Data Centers Santa Clara IIMid-size · 75 MW
  91. Vantage Santa ClaraLarge, inferred
  92. Vultr Silicon Valley CampusMid-size, inferred
Los Angeles County 1 proposed 1 under construction 31 operating33
  1. Goodman LAX01 VernonMid-size · 32 MW
  2. Downtown LA Edge FacilityMid-size · 32 MW
  3. Aptum Los AngelesSmall, inferred
  4. AT&T Madison Complex Tandem OfficeNetwork, inferred
  5. Cogent Communications Los Angeles PoPNetwork, inferred
  6. Cogent La MiradaEdge · 2 MW
  7. Cogent PasadenaEdge · 3 MW
  8. Colocation America LADC2 (Aon Center)Colo, inferred
  9. CoreSite LA3 Los AngelesMid-size · 18 MW
  10. CoreSite Los Angeles LA1 CampusMid-size, inferred
  11. CoreSite Los Angeles LA2 CampusMid-size, inferred
  12. DataBank LAX1 Los AngelesEdge · 2 MW
  13. DigiCo LAX2 Los AngelesSmall, inferred
  14. Digital Realty LAX CampusMid-size, inferred
  15. Digital Realty Los Angeles 600 West CampusMid-size, inferred
  16. El Segundo Cloud CampusMid-size, inferred
  17. Equinix LA1 Los AngelesMid-size, inferred
  18. Equinix LA2 Los AngelesMid-size, inferred
  19. Equinix LA3 Los AngelesEdge · 6 MW
  20. Equinix LA4 Los AngelesMid-size, inferred
  21. Equinix LA5 Los AngelesMid-size, inferred
  22. Equinix LA7 Los AngelesMid-size · 12 MW
  23. Evocative LAX2 Los AngelesColo, inferred
  24. Evocative Redondo LAX14Colo, inferred
  25. GI Partners Culver Blvd Culver CityEdge · 5 MW
  26. Mapletree 2301 West 120th HawthorneSmall, inferred
  27. ServerFarm Los Angeles LAX1Mid-size · 17 MW
  28. Subrigo 650 South Grand Data CenterSmall, inferred
  29. T5 Data Centers Los AngelesMid-size, inferred
  30. TELEHOUSE Los Angeles CenterSmall, inferred
  31. US Colo Los Angeles (800 Hope)Small, inferred
  32. West 7 Center 1200 West 7th Los AngelesSmall, inferred
  33. Zayo Los Angeles One WilshireNetwork, inferred
San Diego County 18 operating18
  1. AT&T CenterNetwork, inferred
  2. AT&T San Diego Data CenterNetwork, inferred
  3. CariNet San DiegoSmall, inferred
  4. Cogent Downtown San DiegoNetwork, inferred
  5. Cogent San Diego 2Network, inferred
  6. DataBank San DiegoEdge · 8 MW
  7. i2b Networks San DiegoSmall, inferred
  8. LightEdge San Diego (Lightwave)Small, inferred
  9. Lumen San Diego 1Network, inferred
  10. Mapletree 7337 Trade St San DiegoSmall, inferred
  11. NFINIT/LightEdge San Diego ISmall, inferred
  12. San Diego Tech Center (SDTC)Small, inferred
  13. ScaleMatrix San DiegoSmall, inferred
  14. SimpleNet San DiegoSmall, inferred
  15. UC San Diego SDSCSmall, inferred
  16. UCSD San Diego Supercomputer CenterInstitutional, inferred
  17. USMC Camp Pendleton Data CenterInstitutional, inferred
  18. Verizon 5771 Copley San DiegoNetwork, inferred
Alameda County 2 proposed 15 operating17
  1. 415 20th Street Innovation CampusMid-size · 20 MW
  2. Fremont Data CenterMid-size · 90 MW
  3. AWS Hayward Campus (us-west-1b)Large, inferred
  4. Cogent OaklandNetwork, inferred
  5. Digital Realty OaklandMid-size, inferred
  6. ElasticHosts FremontSmall, inferred
  7. Evocative Oakland OAK1Colo, inferred
  8. Hurricane Electric Fremont 1Small, inferred
  9. Hurricane Electric Fremont CampusMid-size · 20 MW
  10. Internap Oakland (HorizonIQ)Small, inferred
  11. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory NERSCInstitutional, inferred
  12. Lawrence Livermore National Ignition Facility ComputingInstitutional, inferred
  13. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ComputingLarge · 100 MW
  14. Linode (Akamai) Fremont Region CampusMid-size, inferred
  15. Pac-West Data Center Oakland (1624 Franklin)Small, inferred
  16. T5@Silicon Valley (Newark)Mid-size, inferred
  17. XO Communications FremontSmall, inferred
Sacramento County 2 under construction 11 operating13
  1. Prime Data Centers McClellan ParkUnsized, inferred
  2. Prime Data Centers SMF02Mid-size · 18 MW
  3. Advanced Data Centers McClellan CampusMid-size · 50 MW
  4. California Office of Technology Services Data CenterInstitutional, inferred
  5. California Technology Agency Rancho Cordova DCInstitutional, inferred
  6. Digital Realty Sacramento CampusMid-size, inferred
  7. Edgeconnex Data CenterColo, inferred
  8. NTT Global Sacramento CampusMid-size · 50 MW
  9. NTT Global Sacramento Data CenterMid-size · 30 MW
  10. Prime Data Centers Sacramento CampusMid-size, inferred
  11. QTS Sacramento Cloud Landing ZoneEdge · 9 MW
  12. QTS Sacramento Enterprise CampusMid-size · 13 MW
  13. RagingWire CA2Mid-size, inferred
Orange County 11 operating11
  1. Aecero Orange County SNA1 (CBX)Small, inferred
  2. Centersquare LA2 IrvineMid-size · 15 MW
  3. Cogent AnaheimNetwork, inferred
  4. DataBank SNA2 IrvineEdge · 8 MW
  5. Dynascale Alchemy IrvineSmall, inferred
  6. Eagle Mountain Data AnaheimEdge · 3 MW
  7. Lumen AnaheimNetwork, inferred
  8. Lumen TechnologiesNetwork, inferred
  9. Millennium Systems IrvineSmall, inferred
  10. TPx Santa Ana Data CenterSmall, inferred
  11. Zayo Orange County (7 Mason)Network, inferred
San Francisco County 1 under construction 8 operating9
  1. Novva San FranciscoMid-size · 28 MW
  2. 1547 Critical Systems 400 Paul Ave San FranciscoMid-size · 24 MW
  3. AWS Wavelength Zone San FranciscoSmall, inferred
  4. ColoServe San FranciscoSmall, inferred
  5. DataCanopy San FranciscoColo, inferred
  6. Digital Realty San Francisco 365 Main CampusMid-size, inferred
  7. Fortress Data Centers San Francisco SF1Edge · 3 MW
  8. HorizonIQ (INAP) San Francisco Data CenterSmall, inferred
  9. Hosting.com San Francisco Data CenterSmall, inferred
Fresno County 1 proposed 2 operating3
  1. Fresno Data Center Prohibition OrdinanceUnsized, inferred
  2. Lumen Fresno 1Edge · 1 MW
  3. Unwired FAT1 Fresno ColocationSmall, inferred
Kern County 2 proposed 1 operating3
  1. Golden Valley Technology HubLarge · 275 MW
  2. RB Inyokern Data CenterMid-size · 99 MW
  3. Lumen Bakersfield 1Network, inferred
San Bernardino County 3 operating3
  1. Lumen San Bernardino 1Network, inferred
  2. One Data Center America (LAX / Vernon)Small, inferred
  3. Ontario Data Center CampusMid-size, inferred
San Luis Obispo County 3 operating3
  1. Astound/Digital West Colocation San Luis ObispoSmall, inferred
  2. Digital West Data CenterSmall, inferred
  3. Lumen San Luis Obispo 1Network, inferred
San Mateo County 2 operating2
  1. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory ComputingSmall, inferred
  2. Stanford Research Computing FacilityInstitutional, inferred
Stanislaus County 1 proposed 1 operating2
  1. NorthPoint Development Modesto Data Center (1200 Graphics Drive)Mid-size · 50 MW
  2. Ayera Technologies Modesto Data CenterSmall, inferred
Tulare County 1 proposed 1 operating2
  1. Global Stack Tulare County Fairgrounds Edge Data CenterMid-size · 10 MW
  2. Innova Solutions Visalia Data CenterSmall, inferred
Contra Costa County 1 under construction1
  1. AVAIO Digital Pittsburg Data Center CampusMid-size · 99 MW
Kings County 1 proposed1
  1. CyrusOne LemooreLarge · 100 MW
Napa County 1 operating1
  1. Kaiser Data CenterSmall, inferred
Placer County 1 operating1
  1. Quest Roseville HABCEdge · 8 MW
Riverside County 1 operating1
  1. Lumen Riverside 1Edge · 4 MW
San Joaquin County 1 operating1
  1. Nautilus Data Technologies Stockton Floating DCEdge · 7 MW
Siskiyou County 1 proposed1
  1. Proposed AI Data Center (former Crystal Geyser bottling site)Campus, inferred
Solano County 1 operating1
  1. PG&E DatacenterSmall, inferred
Torrance County 1 operating1
  1. EquinixMid-size, inferred
Yolo County 1 operating1
  1. Lumen Sacramento 1 Data CenterNetwork, inferred

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.

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