Northtown Data Center (NTDC)

Facts at a glance

Record ID

northtown-data-center-san-jose-ca

Record type

campus

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

up to 97.3 MW onsite generation planned · campus scope
Proposed emergency backup generation only. Both cited records describe up to 97.3 MW of backup emergency generation for the campus. This is not IT load, utility service capacity, or permitted generation, and it must not be summed with the 110 MVA substation rating.

Location

San Jose, CA
County: Santa Clara County
approximate — CEQAnet and the CEC page describe the site as the southwest corner of West Trimble Road and Orchard Parkway, San Jose, on parcels 101-02-018 and 101-02-021.

Physical scale

Physical scale: Two data-center buildings labelled DC North and DC West in the CEC notice.

What the sources support

A CEQAnet Notice of Preparation received on 21 July 2026, and the California Energy Commission project page for docket 25-SPPE-02, describe a proposed Northtown Data Center campus of two buildings in San Jose with a backup generating facility still under review. A notice of preparation is not an approval, permit, construction start or operation. A CEC Project Owner row for the backup-generating-facility docket is not campus ownership.

Definitions: record units · roles · capacity boundaries · lifecycle stages.

What remains unknown

• critical IT capacity
• utility service capacity or requested load
• developer
• operator
• tenant
• owner of the data-center buildings as distinct from the backup-generating-facility docket applicant
• whether the City of San Jose has granted any land-use entitlement
• whether the CEC has granted or denied the Small Power Plant Exemption
• building floor areas
• construction start or completion dates

Sources

• Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) / State Clearinghouse CEQAnet →Gov. recordgovernment · retrieved 2026-09-17

  Exact location SCH 2026070839, NOP document page 'Northtown Backup Generating Facility'; Summary rows SCH Number / Lead Agency / Document Type / Received; Document Description; Contact Information; Location Parcel Number; Total Acres; Notice of Completion review-period rows

  What it supports CEQAnet listing for the California Energy Commission Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR, received by the State Clearinghouse 7/21/2026. Lead Agency: California Energy Commission. Document Description states the NTBGF would consist of forty two (42) diesel-fired generators used exclusively to provide up to 97.3 megawatts of backup emergency generation to support Northtown Data Center (NTDC) to provide uninterrupted power for its tenants servers; the site is the southwest corner of West Trimble Road and Orchard Parkway in San José; the data center buildings, emergency backup generating facilities, project substation, water storage and treatment area, the PG&E switching station, site circulation and parking would be located on APNs 101-02-018 and 101-02-021; the entire project site is approximately 28.5 acres; the NTBGF would only provide interconnection to the NTDC and would not be interconnected to the transmission or distribution grid; a new 115-34.5 kV, 110 MVA two-bay project substation would be built; of the 42 generators two would be up to 1.75 MW and forty would be 3 MW, eight of the forty redundant; the generators would be arranged in two generation yards adjacent to each data center building (DC North and DC West). Location rows give Cities 'San Jose', Counties 'Santa Clara', Cross Streets 'West Trimble Road and Orchard Parkway', Zip 95131, Total Acres 28.5, Parcel # 101-02-018 and 101-02-021, Coordinates 37°22'51.62"N 121°56'2.55"W. Contact Information names Ward Mace, Agency Name GIC San Jose LLC, Job Title Regional Director, Contact Types 'Project Applicant'.

• NorthTown Backup Generating Facility - California Energy Commission project page →Gov. recordgovernment · retrieved 2026-09-18

  Exact location Summary table rows 'Project Owner', 'Docket Number', 'Capacity', 'Location', 'Technology', 'Project Status', 'Project Type'; 'Project Description' paragraphs 1-4; 'Data Centers' section; 'Small Power Plant Exemption' section

  What it supports California Energy Commission project page for docket 25-SPPE-02. Summary table: Project Owner 'GIC San Jose, LLC'; Capacity '97.3 MW'; Location 'San José, California'; Technology 'Backup Generating System'; Project Status 'Under Review'; Project Type 'Small Power Plant Exemption'. Project Description states the NTBGF would consist of forty two (42) diesel-fired generators used exclusively to provide up to 97.3 megawatts (MW) of backup emergency generation to support NorthTown Data Center (NTDC) to provide uninterrupted power for its tenant's servers; gives the site, parcels and acreage; states the NTBGF would only interconnect to the NTDC and not to the transmission or distribution grid; describes the 115-34.5 kV, 110 MVA two-bay project substation and its 2-to-make-1 design; and names the two data center buildings DC North and DC West. The page states the CEC does not permit data centers, and that in granting an SPPE the CEC is not the final approval necessary for construction and operation of a project.

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