Equinix SV8
529 Bryant Street · Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, CA
Source: OpenStreetMap
Equinix SV8 is an operating data center in Santa Clara County, CA, operated by Equinix, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 12,034 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 17, 2026
Overview
source: linkEquinix SV8 is an operating colocation data center in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, run by Equinix, Inc. Its reported footprint is 12,034 square feet. The site draws power from the City of Palo Alto utility inside the CISO balancing authority.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentEquinix, Inc.
- Files asEquinix, Inc.
- This facilityEquinix SV8
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: GDELT- Equinix-occupied data center in California sold to Brookfield - Data Center DynamicsData Center Dynamics· May 18, 2026
- U.S. Data Center Colocation Market Report 2025-2030 Featuring Key DC Investors - Aligned, Compass, CyrusOne, DataBank, Digital Realty, Equinix, NTT, QTS Realty Trust, STACK Infrastructure, Vantage - ResearchAndMarkets.com - Business WireBusiness Wire· Sep 5, 2025
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 (Redwood City), 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, Addison Elementary in Palo Alto, is 0.5 mi from this site (331 students). 3 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.