LightEdge SAN1
9305 Lightwave Avenue · San Diego, San Diego County, CA
Source: OpenStreetMap
LightEdge SAN1 is an operating data center in San Diego County, CA. DataCentersExposed has documented a 83,576 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 17, 2026
Overview
source: linkdata center
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- Amazon to invest $1B into data center communities amid backlash against data center rolloutsSan Diego Union-Tribune· Oct 2, 2026
- State senator says new data center laws will protect consumersThe Coast News· Sep 22, 2026
- Governor Newsom signs most comprehensive data center laws in the nation, providing communities more control on water, electricity, and land useCalifornia State Portal | CA.gov· Sep 21, 2026
- A Darth Vader costume, a poem, and droning noise: Americans get creative to protest Flock cameras and data centersBusiness Insider· Sep 18, 2026
- Data Center image courtesy SDSUEurekAlert!· Sep 17, 2026
- Poway City Council unanimously advances AI data center banNBC 7 San Diego· Sep 15, 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 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 Diego Mesa and Inland Valley), 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, Innovations Academy in San Diego, is 0.5 mi from this site (467 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.