Data centers in Santa Clara County, California
Santa Clara County has 10 data centers on the record: 10 running. Santa Clara County has a scorecard row with no rating yet, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The latest decision on the record: Santa Clara County Sustainability Committee discussed moratorium suspending permits for new data centers for a certain period, strengthening disclosure of resource use, and gap analysis, September 17, 2026.
How to read this page. Every count comes from the records on this page and links to where it is counted. Nothing is published until a person reads its source, and a figure no source gives reads Not disclosed; nothing is estimated. A rating changes only when a person sets it.
The 10 data centers in Santa Clara County
Newest activity firstEach row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.
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Digital Realty Santa Clara
Santa Clara, Santa Clara County · Digital Realty
No dated entry on the record yet.
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Vantage Data Centers Santa Clara
Santa Clara, Santa Clara County · Vantage Data Centers
Latest, February 28, 2013: Vantage signed 1 megawatt customer lease in Santa Clara, opening anticipated in second quarter datacenterknowledge.com trade press
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Where
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10 data centers in Santa Clara County: all running. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record (9 of 10).
The cities in Santa Clara County on the record (6)
| City | Projects | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara | 5 | 0 |
| San Jose | 3 | 1 |
| Palo Alto | 1 | 0 |
| Sunnyvale | 1 | 0 |
| Gilroy | 0 | 1 |
| Morgan Hill | 0 | 1 |
What Santa Clara County has decided
4 bodies, 3 decisions on the recordWhat the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.
Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own.
- Santa Clara Countycounty
Santa Clara County Sustainability Committee discussed moratorium suspending permits for new data centers for a certain period, strengthening disclosure of resource use, and gap analysis, reported September 17, 2026.
1 act on this row
- moratorium
Santa Clara County Sustainability Committee discussed moratorium suspending permits for new data centers for a certain period, strengthening disclosure of resource use, and gap analysis
- moratorium
- Gilroycity
Gilroy City Council approved a temporary moratorium on new data center applications effective immediately for at least 45 days, reported September 15, 2026.
1 act on this row
- moratorium adopted
Gilroy City Council approved a temporary moratorium on new data center applications effective immediately for at least 45 days.
- moratorium adopted
- Morgan Hillcity
Morgan Hill City Council adopted a temporary moratorium on data centers and battery storage facilities while staff develops possibly permanent guidelines, reported September 14, 2026.
1 act on this row
- moratorium adopted
Morgan Hill City Council adopted a temporary moratorium on data centers and battery storage facilities while staff develops possibly permanent guidelines
- moratorium adopted
- San Josecity
No dated act on this row yet.
What happened
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· Santa Clara County
Moratorium: Santa Clara County Sustainability Committee discussed moratorium suspending permits for new data centers for a certain period, strengthening disclosure of resource use, and gap analysis mk.co.kr local outlet
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· Gilroy
Moratorium adopted: Gilroy City Council approved a temporary moratorium on new data center applications effective immediately for at least 45 days. mercurynews.com local outlet
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· Morgan Hill
Moratorium adopted: Morgan Hill City Council adopted a temporary moratorium on data centers and battery storage facilities while staff develops possibly permanent guidelines gilroydispatch.com local outlet
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· Vantage Data Centers Santa Clara
Went live: Vantage signed 1 megawatt customer lease in Santa Clara, opening anticipated in second quarter datacenterknowledge.com trade press
What was said
Jim Trout is CEO with experience as president of CRG West and Senior VP at Digital Realty Trust
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 10 records
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 10 | Not disclosed by any of the 10 records | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 10 | Not disclosed by any of the 10 records | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 10 | Not disclosed by any of the 10 records | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 10 | Not disclosed by any of the 10 records | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 10 | Not disclosed by any of the 10 records |
Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.
By what the facilities are for
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not disclosed | 10 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year |
A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.
What the facilities are for
No source on file states what any of the 10 tracked facilities in Santa Clara County are for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 10 tracked facilities in Santa Clara County are cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Santa Clara County, California", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ca/santa-clara-county, updated October 4, 2026.
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For researchers
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