Digital West Data Center
San Luis Obispo County, CA
Source: OpenStreetMap
Digital West Data Center is a mapped data center in San Luis Obispo County, CA.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 12, 2026
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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.
Overview
source: linkdata center
The grid behind this site, right now
source: CAISO · gridstatus- Solar53.3%
- Imports14.6%
- Wind10.5%
- Nuclear7.1%
- Hydro6.3%
- Natural Gas4.5%
- Geothermal2.4%
- Biomass1.3%
Real-time generation mix for the CAISO grid this site draws from, as of Jun 16, 2026, 2:45 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.
In the news
source: Google News- Where are Southeast Asia’s data centres?Digital Journal· Jun 5, 2026
- West Texas Data Center Project Addresses Activist Concerns Head-OnForbes· Jun 2, 2026
- Plans announced for Flint Hills Digital Campus ‘gigawatt-scale’ data center in west EmporiaKVOE· Jun 2, 2026
- TONIGHT: Residents to weigh in on proposed $157 million West Side data center projectWOAI· May 28, 2026
- Big batteries made in West Michigan will support massive data center demand on DTE gridMLive.com· May 27, 2026
- $3.6 billion AI data center campus planned for Rapides ParishLouisiana Illuminator· May 26, 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 Luis Obispo), 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, Sinsheimer Elementary in San Luis Obispo, is 0.9 mi from this site (371 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.