Amazon
Santa Clara County, CA
Source: OpenStreetMap
Amazon is a mapped data center in Santa Clara County, CA, operated by Amazon.com, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 98,142 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
Overview
source: linkThis is a mapped hyperscale data center in Santa Clara County, California, run by Amazon Web Services and filed under Amazon.com, Inc. Its reported footprint is 98,142 square feet. The site draws power from the City of Santa Clara utility inside the CISO balancing authority.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentAmazon.com, Inc.
- Files asAmazon.com, Inc.
- This facilityAmazon
The grid behind this site, right now
source: CAISO · gridstatus- Solar59.3%
- Natural Gas24.3%
- Nuclear5.7%
- Wind4.3%
- Hydro3.2%
- Imports3.0%
- Geothermal2.0%
- Biomass1.1%
Real-time generation mix for the CAISO grid this site draws from, as of Aug 17, 2026, 8:05 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google News- Amazon Locks In 200MW of Swedish Wind Power to Fuel Data Center Expansionfinance.biggo.com· Aug 28, 2026
- Amazon To Buy Two Million Nvidia Chips For Data Center Build-OutNDTV Profit· Aug 27, 2026
- Amazon to Buy 2 Million Nvidia Chips for Data Center Build-OutBloomberg.com· Aug 26, 2026
- Amazon Boosts Louisiana Data Center Bet to $18 BillionEnvironment+Energy Leader· Aug 24, 2026
- Amazon eyes Greater Cincinnati suburb for $5B data centerWKRC· Aug 12, 2026
- Thane residents oppose Amazon data centre over heat, noise and power outage fearsIndia Today· Aug 12, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Water use
No measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 5 MW (interconnection capacity): 2 L/kWh cooling (hot climate) + 0.45 gal/kWh embedded in US grid average. How we estimate. Have a utility document? Send it and we'll replace this with the real figure.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (San Jose), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Mission Early College High in Santa Clara, is 0.9 mi from this site (159 students).
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.