OpenColo
3223 Kenneth Street · Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, CA
Source: OpenStreetMap
OpenColo is an operating data center in Santa Clara County, CA. DataCentersExposed has documented a 65,471 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- 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- How PowerCell's Fuel Cells Support ECL's Santa Clara CampusData Centre Magazine· Jul 15, 2026
- ECL and PowerCell 300 MW Hydrogen Data CenterFuel Cells Works· Jul 14, 2026
- PowerCell: Hydrogen Fuel Cells at ECL’s Santa Clara CampusEnergy Digital· Jul 14, 2026
- Lift Partners Buys Santa Clara Data Center Site for $25.75MCommercialSearch· Jul 14, 2026
- Advocates worry San Jose will fast track data centersSan José Spotlight· Jun 13, 2026
- Microsoft breaks ground on San Jose data center campus to support AI demandLocal News Matters· Jun 12, 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, Montague Elementary in Santa Clara, is 0.8 mi from this site (272 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.