DataBank Santa Clara SFO1
5101 Lafayette Street · Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, CA
Source: OpenStreetMap
DataBank Santa Clara SFO1 is an operating data center in Santa Clara County, CA, operated by DataBank Holdings, Ltd.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 26,781 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 17, 2026
Overview
source: linkDataBank Santa Clara SFO1 is an operating colocation data center in Santa Clara, California, run by DataBank Holdings, Ltd. Public records put its footprint at 26,781 square feet. The site draws power from the City of Santa Clara utility inside the CISO balancing authority.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentDataBank Holdings, Ltd.
- Files asDataBank Holdings, Ltd.
- This facilityDataBank Santa Clara SFO1
The grid behind this site, right now
source: CAISO · gridstatus- Solar46.8%
- Natural Gas28.7%
- Wind9.2%
- Hydro7.3%
- Nuclear5.3%
- Geothermal1.8%
- Biomass0.9%
Real-time generation mix for the CAISO grid this site draws from, as of Jul 15, 2026, 10:20 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- Business Insider Wins First George Polk AwardBusiness Insider· Feb 18, 2026
- South Bay data center deal points to jump in values amid AI tech surgeThe Mercury News· Apr 30, 2025
- Cities With The Most Data Centers24/7 Wall St.· Apr 29, 2025
- Thirsty for power and water, AI-crunching data centers sprout across the WestStanford University· Apr 8, 2025
- EdgeCore breaks ground on data center in Reno, NevadaData Center Dynamics· Aug 10, 2023
- Cyxtera to Reject Leases from Macquarie-backed Prime Data CentersDgtl Infra· Jul 31, 2023
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, Kathryn Hughes Elementary in Santa Clara, is 901 ft from this site (270 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.