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Equinix data center, Torrance

1501 Francisco Street · Torrance, Los Angeles County, CA

Source: OpenStreetMap

Equinix data center in Los Angeles County, CA is an operating facility, operated by Equinix, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 107,779 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by · Updated Jun 14, 2026

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Real parent
Equinix, Inc.
Operator
Equinix, Inc.
Est. capacity
~20-45 MW
Footprint
107,779 sq ft
Utility
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
Grid
LDWP
Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source
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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

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LA1 is an operating colocation data center in Torrance, Los Angeles County, California, run by Equinix, Inc. The site spans a reported 107,779 square feet. It draws power from the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power inside the LDWP balancing authority.

Operator chain

In the news

source: GDELT

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

These tax breaks are recorded to Equinix, Inc. (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.
  • The Climate Change Agreement$0
    HMRC, United Kingdom · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
  • The Climate Change Agreement$0
    HMRC, United Kingdom · granted 2022 · 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
57
PM2.5
Moderate
31
O3
Good

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (South Coastal LA), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023
Median household income
$51.7K
People of color
95%
Below poverty
33%
Tract population
4,511

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, One Hundred Eighty-Sixth Street Elementary in Gardena, is 0.8 mi from this site (645 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.