AWS Gilroy is owned and operated by Amazon.com, Inc..

How much power does AWS Gilroy use?

AWS Gilroy has a reported power capacity of 49 MW across roughly 438,500 square feet.

Has AWS Gilroy had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for AWS Gilroy.

Where is AWS Gilroy located?

AWS Gilroy is in Gilroy, Santa Clara County, CA.

Under construction

AWS Gilroy

Gilroy, Santa Clara County, CA

Source: Primary source

AWS Gilroy is a under construction data center in Santa Clara County, CA, operated by Amazon.com, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented 49 MW of reported power capacity and a 438,500 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026

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Santa Clara, California

supporters

AWS Gilroy in Gilroy, CA is contested. Organized Advocacy | Petition: https://www.change.org/p/banning-regulating-data-centers-in-gilroy?recruiter=938425783&recruited_by_id=33993410-37fe-11e9-999d-091836f5a8c4&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=petition_dashboard&utm_medium=copylink&share_id=RTdL9LSmrc | Group: https://www.instagram.com/stopgilroydatacenternow/?hl=en | Group: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61585975718358 | Stop Gilroy Data Center group meets weekly, calls to approval of the data center to be rescinded Track what's being decided, when, and how to weigh in.

Your action kit

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Power & your bill

49 MW of new demand — roughly a city of 39,000 homes.

Large new loads can raise transmission and capacity costs that land on every ratepayer. Residential power in CA is 33.4¢/kWh, up 2.7% year-over-year. (MW→homes is a rough ~800/MW planning figure.)

Source

Process

Demand a full, public review — not a rubber stamp.

Ask for an independent noise study, a water-and-power impact assessment, enforceable conditions (setbacks, hours, cooling type), and that the record stays open for written comment. Procedural shortcuts have voided approvals elsewhere.

Public comment (editable)

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Records / FOIA request

Public Records Request

To the records custodian for Santa Clara County, CA,

Under the applicable public-records law, I request copies of the following records concerning the data-center project known as "AWS Gilroy":

1. The complete application, including any rezoning, special-use/conditional-use permit, or site-plan submissions and all exhibits.
2. All staff reports, analyses, and recommendations.
3. Any traffic, noise, water-use, stormwater, or utility/load studies submitted or commissioned.
4. Any development agreement, proffers, or tax-incentive/abatement agreements and their term sheets.
5. All correspondence between the applicant (or its agents) and county/city staff or elected officials regarding this project.
6. Notices of public hearings and proof of required public notice.

I request these in electronic form where available. If any portion is withheld, please cite the specific exemption. If fees will exceed $25, please contact me first.

Thank you,
[Your name]
[Your email / address]

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Neighbors taking a stand

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Power

49 MW

Footprint

438,500 sq ft

Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source

Overview

source: link

Purpose: cloud services. Two phases of construction planned, the first of which will require a power connection of 49MW from Pacific Gas and Electric and will include a dedicated sub-station and BESS on the site with up to 50MW of storage capacity. Approval was granted by Gilroy community development director on July 3, 2025 and grading permit and underground utilities permit issued on December 11, 2025 Imported from the FracTracker Alliance U.S. Data Centers Tracker after review. Details to be corroborated from primary sources.

Operator chain

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AWS Gilroy

Grid & water — why here

source: HIFLD · EPA

Nearest substation

0.8 mi

Llagas · 115 kV

Transmission line

0.3 mi

115 kV line

Municipal water

Served

City Of Gilroy

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.

In the news

source: GDELT

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.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Gilroy Special Ed Preschool in Gilroy, is 981 ft from this site. 4 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.

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