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Equinix SV5

9 Great Oaks Boulevard · San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA

Source: OpenStreetMap

Equinix SV5 is a mapped data center in Santa Clara County, CA, operated by Equinix, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 166,314 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by · Updated Jun 16, 2026

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Real parent
Equinix, Inc.
Operator
Equinix, Inc.
Est. capacity
~30-70 MW
Footprint
166,314 sq ft
Interconnection
~17 MW
Utility
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Grid
CISO
Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source
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Most sites are mapped — located but awaiting a second source. How we verify

Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

source: link

Equinix data center

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 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

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, Santa Teresa Elementary in San Jose, is 0.9 mi from this site (527 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.