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Reported geography
Source-reported location for Amazon AWS Gilroy Data Center.
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Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Amazon Web Services
- Address and locality
- 8050 Camino Arroyo · Gilroy · Santa Clara County · California · 95020
- Official metro area
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
- Source-reported status
- under construction
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Planned: 98 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
- Source freshness
- 14 September 2026
- Location precision
- exact (provider label)
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- confirmed (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-000064
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Electric utility
- Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Hybrid
- Reported water use
- 0.016 million gallons per day (source-reported)
- Land area
- 56 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
- Announced investment
- $2 billion
- Community response
- Provider label: contested
- AI-use label (provider)
- mixed use
- Announced
- July 2025
Provider notes
Energy. Phase 1: 49MW PG&E grid connection. Potential 50MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) on-site. Phase 2 adds a second 218,000 sq ft building with alternative backup power solutions. Total planned capacity ~98MW across both phases.
Water. Final EIR-certified use is 23 acre-feet/year total (~7.49 million gallons/yr) at full build-out — 18 AFY for cooling (~0.016 MGD), 3 AFY landscaping, 2 AFY domestic (FEIR p.186); drawn from Gilroy potable supply pending a recycled-water pipeline. Evaporative cooling is triggered only when outdoor temperature exceeds 83F (~3% of the year). Amazon's promotional figure of ~4 million gallons/yr (~36 households) is roughly half the FEIR-certified total and is disputed in a CEQA challenge; Amazon says it aims for 100% reclaimed cooling water by 2030.
Community. Organized resident opposition active. Concerns cited: utility cost spikes, noise, fire and explosion risk from large-scale lithium BESS, and objection to AI use. An appeal was filed July 21, 2025, subsequently withdrawn August 18, 2025. Opponents requested Amazon guarantee the facility would not be used exclusively for AI workloads.
What the source record says
Status updated to under_construction: grading permit issued December 11, 2025; building permit issued March 19, 2026; City of Gilroy lists project as Under Construction as of July 2026. Site at 8050 Camino Arroyo in east Gilroy along Hwy 101. Full build-out: 438,000 sq ft across 56 acres. Amazon cites a ~$2 billion investment for the Gilroy project (recorded as investmentUsd); its broader Northern California investment of ~$5.1B and ~1,890 jobs since 2009 is regional and not attributable to this site. The 2020 land purchase was $31.3M. Operational job figures conflict and are unconfirmed: the FEIR says employment 'may grow to 50 full-time employees' (a ceiling), the permit application lists 25, and Amazon's promotional materials cite ~90 on-site; the construction workforce is not disclosed.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2020-11 · source-reported proposed
Permit application initially received by City of Gilroy; Amazon purchased 56-acre site for $31.3M in 2020
- 2025-07 · source-reported permitted
Gilroy Community Development Director Sharon Goei approved Phase 1 (218,000 sq ft building, 49MW PG&E connection) on July 3, 2025; appeal filed July 21, 2025, withdrawn August 18, 2025
- 2026-03 · source-reported under construction
Grading permit issued December 11, 2025; building permit issued March 19, 2026; City of Gilroy project listing shows status as Under Construction
Sources and attribution
These sources are listed for the whole row. Unless a figure links to its own source, the provider does not mark which one gave it, so a figure may not appear in every source.
- Amazon Data Services Gains Approval for Data Center on 56 Acres in Gilroy, California · Data Center Dynamics
- Gilroy Data Center (by Amazon Web Services) — Official City Project Page · City of Gilroy
- Data Center Set for Construction in East Gilroy · Gilroy Dispatch
- Amazon data center investment: local jobs, education, sustainability · Amazon
- Guest View: What Amazon didn't tell you (Gilroy data center FEIR water figures) · Gilroy Dispatch
- Gilroy Data Center (by Amazon Web Services) — City of Gilroy project page · City of Gilroy
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID amazon-gilroy-ca. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
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Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-000064
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
- AI-use label (provider): mixed use
Compute Atlas classification, not a DataCenterData finding.
Location and precision
- 8050 Camino Arroyo, Gilroy, CA 95020 · Santa Clara (Exact location)
Roles
- Operator: Amazon Web Services
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported under construction
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Announced: July 2025
Provider-reported announcement date.
- Status history: 2020-11 · source-reported proposed
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2025-07 · source-reported permitted
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2026-03 · source-reported under construction
Status history supplied by the source.
Area, acreage and buildings
- Land area: 56 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Planned: 98 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
- Electric utility: Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)
Utility as named by the provider.
- Power source: Grid
Provider label.
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling: Hybrid
Provider label.
- Reported water use: 0.016 million gallons per day (source-reported)
Whether this is metered use, a permit limit or a request is not established; see the provider water note.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Announced investment: $2 billion
Announced figure; whether it covers one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Community response: Provider label: contested
Compute Atlas characterization, not a DataCenterData assessment.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-09-14
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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