Drt Lax12
2260 East El Segundo Boulevard · El Segundo, Los Angeles County, CA
Source: OpenStreetMap
Drt Lax12 is an operating data center in Los Angeles County, CA, operated by Digital Realty Trust, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented 18 MW of reported power capacity and a 113,310 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
Overview
source: linkDRT LAX12 is an operating colocation data center in El Segundo, Los Angeles County, California, run by Digital Realty Trust, Inc. Its reported footprint is 113,310 square feet. The site draws power from Southern California Edison Co inside the CISO balancing authority.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentDigital Realty Trust, Inc.
- Files asDigital Realty Trust, Inc.
- This facilityDrt Lax12
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- Data centers in Silicon Valley stand empty, awaiting powerLos Angeles Times· Nov 10, 2025
- Digital Realty drops $9M per acre on Vernon data center siteThe Real Deal· Nov 7, 2025
- Many Latin Americans Living Near Data Centers Don't Feel Welcome in the FutureTech Policy Press· Sep 12, 2025
- Digital Realty Buys 365 Main Sites for $725MData Center Knowledge· May 30, 2024
- Brookfield acquires Cyxtera for $775 million, will combine it with EvoqueData Center Dynamics· Nov 1, 2023
- Cyxtera Data Center Leases – Who and What is at Risk?Dgtl Infra· Jul 6, 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.
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, Da Vinci Rise High in El Segundo, is 823 ft from this site (187 students). 10 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.