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DataBank Santa Clara SFO1

5101 Lafayette Street · Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, CA

Source: OpenStreetMap

DataBank Santa Clara SFO1 is an operating data center in Santa Clara County, CA, operated by DataBank Holdings, Ltd.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 26,781 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by · Updated Jun 14, 2026

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Real parent
DataBank Holdings, Ltd.
Operator
DataBank Holdings, Ltd.
Est. capacity
~5-15 MW
Footprint
26,781 sq ft
Utility
City of Santa Clara
Grid
CISO
Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source
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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

source: link

DataBank Santa Clara SFO1 is an operating colocation data center in Santa Clara, California, run by DataBank Holdings, Ltd. Public records put its footprint at 26,781 square feet. The site draws power from the City of Santa Clara utility inside the CISO balancing authority.

Operator chain

The grid behind this site, right now

source: CAISO · gridstatus
Clean right now
84%
Fossil right now
4%
Grid operator
CAISO
  • Solar62.2%
  • Imports12.0%
  • Wind7.6%
  • Nuclear6.5%
  • Natural Gas4.3%
  • Hydro4.0%
  • Geothermal2.2%
  • Biomass1.2%

Real-time generation mix for the CAISO grid this site draws from, as of Jun 16, 2026, 4:35 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.

In the news

source: GDELT

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

These tax breaks are recorded to DataBank Holdings, Ltd. (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.

Dollar value not disclosed for these records.
  • Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
  • Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
  • Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
  • Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source

Water use

Modeled estimate~93.9K gpd
Direct (onsite cooling)
~50.7K gpd
Indirect (its electricity)
~43.2K gpd

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 ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow
59
PM2.5
Moderate
33
O3
Good

Air 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 2023
Median household income
$201.9K
People of color
84%
Below poverty
8%
Tract population
4,558

Demographics 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 / NCES

The nearest public school, Kathryn Hughes Elementary in Santa Clara, is 901 ft from this site (270 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.