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Digital West Data Center

San Luis Obispo County, CA

Source: OpenStreetMap

Digital West Data Center is a mapped data center in San Luis Obispo County, CA.

Reporting by · Updated Jun 12, 2026

Real parent
Operator
Utility
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Grid
CISO
Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source

Overview

source: link

data center

The grid behind this site, right now

source: CAISO · gridstatus
Clean right now
76%
Fossil right now
24%
Grid operator
CAISO
  • 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 · EPA
Nearest substation
0.6 mi
San Luis Obispo · 115 kV
Transmission line
505 ft
115 kV line
Municipal water
Served
San Luis Obispo Water Department

The 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.

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No 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 ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow
48
PM2.5
Good
19
PM10
Good

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (San Luis Obispo), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023
Median household income
$113.2K
People of color
30%
Below poverty
7%
Tract population
4,806

Demographics 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 / NCES

The nearest public school, Sinsheimer Elementary in San Luis Obispo, is 0.9 mi from this site (371 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.

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