Microsoft data center, Santa Clara
2055 Lafayette Street · Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, CA
Source: OpenStreetMap
Microsoft data center in Santa Clara County, CA is a mapped facility, operated by Microsoft Corporation. DataCentersExposed has documented a 166,655 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.
Overview
source: linkThis is a mapped hyperscale data center in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, run by Microsoft Corporation. Public records put its footprint at 166,655 square feet. The site draws power from the City of Santa Clara utility inside the CISO balancing authority.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentMicrosoft Corporation
- Files asMicrosoft Corporation
- This facilityMicrosoft data 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: GDELTTax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77These tax breaks are recorded to Microsoft Corporation (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.
- Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2023 · term — yr · source
- Qualified Data Center Sales Tax Exemption$0State of Wisconsin · granted 2023 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2021 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2015 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2013 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2013 · term — yr · source
Water use
No measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 37 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 ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir 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 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, Scott Lane Elementary in Santa Clara, is 0.7 mi from this site (396 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.