Data Center Registry
Centersquare LAX5
Irvine, Orange County, California · All 8 Centersquare sites
Centersquare LAX5 is an operating data center in Irvine, California (Orange County), operated by Centersquare (Cyxtera/Evoque). The public record puts it at 17.3 MW operating.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- Centersquare (Cyxtera/Evoque)
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- 2681 Kelvin Avenue, Irvine, Orange County, CA, 92614
- Coordinates
- 33.6848, -117.8367 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 17.3 MW operating
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- No reception on record
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of August 2, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Centersquare LAX5 in Irvine, Orange County, California appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
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Notes on the record
Officially named 'LAX5' on Centersquare's own current site; 'LAX2' is a deprecated Evoque-era code for this same building that persists on some aggregator pages. Capacity corrected to 17.3MW (Centersquare's current disclosed figure) from a stale/legacy 15MW aggregator figure. Centersquare = Brookfield's April 2024 combination of Evoque Data Center Solutions + acquired Cyxtera Technologies assets. No AI/HPC-specific marketing found for this building specifically (only portfolio-wide language). Distinct building from Centersquare's other Irvine facility, LAX3 (17836 Gillette Avenue), approximately 0.7 miles away - same operator, not the same campus. First Orange County, CA facility tracked in this dataset.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- How the community has received it
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- Centersquare LAX3 · Irvine · Centersquare (Cyxtera/Evoque)under 1 mile · Operating · 24.9 MW
- Grand Crossing South - Building 10 · City of Industry · Raeden22 mi · Proposed
- DigiCo LAX1 (1977 Saturn Street) · Monterey Park · DigiCo Infrastructure REIT29 mi · Cancelled · Opposed
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Centersquare LAX5 data center in Irvine?
Nothing on record as of August 2, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Centersquare LAX5 in Irvine, Orange County, California appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Centersquare LAX5 data center?
No lawsuit over Centersquare LAX5 appears in the record we track as of August 2, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Centersquare LAX5 use?
No water withdrawal figure for Centersquare LAX5 is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Centersquare LAX5, and how big is it?
Centersquare (Cyxtera/Evoque) is the operator on record. We hold 8 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 17.3 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Centersquare LAX5," updated August 2, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/centersquare-lax5-irvine-ca.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/centersquare-lax5-irvine-ca, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Centersquare Los Angeles-market data center directory (LAX3/LAX5) · Centersquare · retrieved August 2, 2026
- 2.Centersquare Los Angeles (LAX5) - PeeringDB facility record · PeeringDB · retrieved August 2, 2026
- 3.Centersquare Irvine LAX2/LAX5 - Baxtel facility record · Baxtel · retrieved August 2, 2026
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