Digital Realty Silicon Valley SJC34
2820 Northwestern Parkway · Santa Clara County, CA
Source: OpenStreetMap
Digital Realty Silicon Valley SJC34 is an operating data center in Santa Clara County, CA, operated by Digital Realty Trust, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented 72 MW of reported power capacity and a 129,242 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
Overview
source: linkDigital Realty Silicon Valley SJC34 is an operating colocation data center in Santa Clara County, California, run by Digital Realty Trust, Inc. Public records put its footprint at 129,242 square feet. The site draws power from the City of Santa Clara utility within the CISO balancing authority.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentDigital Realty Trust, Inc.
- Files asDigital Realty Trust, Inc.
- This facilityDigital Realty Silicon Valley SJC34
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- Digital Realty Expands Swiss Campus With 15MW ZUR4 Data CenterTradingView· Aug 28, 2026
- Digital Realty stock trades below consensus as new data center projects advanceAD HOC NEWS· Aug 28, 2026
- Data center labor shortage pushes operators to train, poach and automateFierce Network· Aug 28, 2026
- Digital Realty starts construction of a new data center in Switzerlandw.media· Aug 28, 2026
- Hillsboro Planning Commission hears testimony on proposed data center restrictionsKATU· Aug 27, 2026
- Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR): What Does Today’s Update Say About the AI Buildout?Kalkine Media· Aug 27, 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 public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
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, Bracher Elementary in Santa Clara, is 0.4 mi from this site (236 students). 4 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
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.