Facts at a glance
- Record ID
gilroy-data-center- Record type
- project
- Evidence confidence
- high
DataCenterData’s confidence in this record’s sourced fields, not in the project - Developer
- Not named in the cited records
- Operator
- Not named in the cited records
- Owner
- Owner of record not established
- Tenant
- Not named in the cited records
- Capacity
- 49 MW Utility request · phase scope
City-stated Phase I connection requirement to PG&E; not critical IT capacity, campus design capacity or measured load. - Location
- 8050 Camino Arroyo, Gilroy, CA
County: Santa Clara County
Exact location — City project page identifies APN 841-69-044. No parcel geometry or building centroid is published here. - Physical scale
- A 56-acre site with two planned data-center buildings and one security building, about 438,500 square feet in total. Phase I is one planned approximately 218,000-square-foot data-center building; planned buildings are not operating buildings.
What the sources support
As captured on 3 November 2026, the City of Gilroy lists project AS 20-23 as under construction and records entitlement approval on July 3, 2025, a grading and underground-utility permit on December 11, 2025, and a building permit on March 19, 2026. The city identifies Amazon Web Services as the applicant; applicant does not by itself establish developer, owner or operator.
Definitions: record units · roles · capacity boundaries · lifecycle stages.
What remains unknown
- developer
- owner
- operator
- critical IT capacity
- campus design capacity
- measured load
- opening or completion date
Sources
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Gilroy Data Center by AWS — AS 20-23 →Gov. record
Exact location Project Background and Information; Project Description
What it supports Project number, applicant role, status, permit dates, address, parcel, Phase I utility-request scope and planned physical scale.
Related claims
- Phase I of the Gilroy Data Center requires a 49 MW connection to PG&E.
- The City of Gilroy says AWS's Phase 1 data center is expected to use approximately 23 acre-feet of potable water per year, falling to an estimated 2 acre-feet per year after a required switch to recycled water.
- The City of Gilroy says it provided no tax abatements, rebates or financial incentives to AWS for the Gilroy Data Center.
Connected records
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Metro area: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
Record history
Record history · 3 July 2025 · DataCenterData review
gilroy-data-center → Record
Why City records entitlement approval for Site and Architectural Application AS 20-23.
Evidence No additional evidence link; see the linked record or claim.
Record history · 18 August 2025 · DataCenterData review
gilroy-data-center → Record
Why City records withdrawal of an appeal filed July 21, 2025.
Evidence No additional evidence link; see the linked record or claim.
Record history · 11 December 2025 · DataCenterData review
gilroy-data-center → Record
Why City records issuance of a grading and underground-utility permit.
Evidence No additional evidence link; see the linked record or claim.
Record history · 19 March 2026 · DataCenterData review
gilroy-data-center → Record
Why City records issuance of a building permit.
Evidence No additional evidence link; see the linked record or claim.
DataCenterData record added · 13 September 2026 · DataCenterData review
gilroy-data-center → Publication
Why Added as a bounded construction-stage project after independent review of the City of Gilroy source.
Evidence No additional evidence link; see the linked record or claim.
Record history · 14 September 2026 · DataCenterData review
gilroy-data-center → Record
Why City records that the Council adopted a temporary moratorium on new data center applications and says it does not affect the previously approved AWS project.
Evidence No additional evidence link; see the linked record or claim.
Record history · 27 October 2026 · DataCenterData review
gilroy-data-center → Physical scale
Field Physical scale
Why Restored the City's approximate qualifier for the planned Phase I building area: approximately 218,000 square feet. This corrects DCD's wording; it does not report a change to the project or an operating measurement.
Evidence No additional evidence link; see the linked record or claim.
Record history · 3 November 2026 · DataCenterData review
gilroy-data-center → Review
Field Review
Why Rechecked the City's project page. Its water and revenue answers moved to the City's Data Center General Q&A page; the permit dates and status stated here remain on the project page. This is a review date, not a construction date.
Evidence No additional evidence link; see the linked record or claim.
Correction · 27 October 2026 · DataCenterData review
gilroy-data-center → Physical scale
Field Physical scale
To Restored the City's approximate qualifier for the planned Phase I building area: approximately 218,000 square feet. This corrects DCD's wording; it does not report a change to the project or an operating measurement.
Evidence No additional evidence link; see the linked record or claim.
Recorded information
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Project.
Location and precision
- Shown above in Facts at a glance.
Lifecycle
- Recorded status: construction
Area, acreage and buildings
- Shown above in Facts at a glance.
Power capacity
- Shown above in Facts at a glance.
Not yet recorded here: Roles · Cooling, water, PUE and WUE · Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact · Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings.
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