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OpenColo

3223 Kenneth Street · Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, CA

Source: OpenStreetMap

OpenColo is an operating data center in Santa Clara County, CA. DataCentersExposed has documented a 65,471 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by · Updated Jun 14, 2026

Real parent
Operator
Est. capacity
~10-30 MW
Footprint
65,471 sq ft
Utility
City of Santa Clara
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

data center

The grid behind this site, right now

source: CAISO · gridstatus
Clean right now
81%
Fossil right now
4%
Grid operator
CAISO
  • 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.

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No 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 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
$138.4K
People of color
76%
Below poverty
17%
Tract population
8,473

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, Montague Elementary in Santa Clara, is 0.8 mi from this site (272 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.