Data Center Registry

CoreSite Bowers Data Center

Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California · All 28 CoreSite sites

PermittedMixed receptionAI likelyRecord updated October 22, 2026

CoreSite Bowers Data Center is a permitted data center in Santa Clara, California (Santa Clara County), operated by CoreSite. The public record puts it at announced August 2024, 72 MW planned, 5 acres. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.

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Facility record

Permitted

Operator: CoreSite
Facility type: Data center, AI use likely
Location: 2805 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, CA, 95051
Coordinates: 37.3890, -121.9740 (approximate)
Power capacity: 72 MW planned
Land: 5 acres
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: August 2024
Utility: Silicon Valley Power (SVP)
Power source: Grid
On site generation: 72 MW
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: Mixed reception
Source confidence: Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

February 2026
Permitted
CoreSite affiliate acquired 2805 Bowers Ave for ~$57M (part of $100M three-property deal from GI Partners); planning permission carries with land; redevelopment plans expected Source: Data Center Dynamics
August 2024
Permitted
Santa Clara City Council unanimously approved demolition of 1975 office building and construction of 72MW, 244,070 sq ft four-story data center (Bowers Data Center and Bowers Backup Generating Facility); Planning Commission had deadlocked 3-2 Source: Data Center Dynamics
January 2021
Proposed
GI Partners assembled Walsh Bowers Technology Center properties for ~$79M; 2805 Bowers Ave acquired from KeyPoint Credit Union for $37.5M

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to CoreSite Bowers Data Center in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Planning Commission voted 3-2 in favor but lacked quorum for formal recommendation.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.

Planning Commission voted 3-2 in favor but lacked quorum for formal recommendation. City Council approved unanimously in August 2024, overriding the deadlock. Mayor stated she had 'never heard any opposition to data centers.' No significant organized public opposition recorded.

Source: Data Center Dynamics

Power and water

New SVP substation to be constructed on-site. Backup: 32 Tier 4 diesel generators totaling 72MW emergency capacity.

Notes on the record

Coordinates approximate based on 2805 Bowers Ave address. Originally a GI Partners project; CoreSite (owned by American Tower) acquired in Feb 2026 and is expected to redevelop under existing permit. CoreSite already operates a dense interconnection campus nearby in Santa Clara. No construction timeline announced as of mid-2026.

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

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.

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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.

Mission College Data Center · Santa Clara · Oppidanunder 1 mile · Operating
QTS Santa Clara 1 · Santa Clara · QTS Data Centersunder 1 mile · Operating · 7.5 MW
Csquare SFO2 · Santa Clara · Csquareunder 1 mile · Operating · 43.2 MW
EdgeCore Silicon Valley Campus (Laurelwood Data Center) · Santa Clara · EdgeCore Digital Infrastructureunder 1 mile · Operating · 72 MW
Digital Realty Silicon Valley SJC30 · Santa Clara · Digital Realty1 mi · Operating
Digital Realty SJC34 · Santa Clara · Digital Realty1 mi · Operating
Equinix SV15 · Santa Clara · Equinix1 mi · Operating
Vantage Santa Clara III (CA3) · Santa Clara · Vantage Data Centers1 mi · Operating · 64 MW

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the CoreSite Bowers Data Center in Santa Clara?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the CoreSite Bowers Data Center?

No lawsuit over CoreSite Bowers Data Center appears in the record we track as of October 22, 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 CoreSite Bowers Data Center use?

No water withdrawal figure for CoreSite Bowers Data Center 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 CoreSite Bowers Data Center, and how big is it?

CoreSite is the operator on record. We hold 28 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 72 MW. The site is recorded at 5 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "CoreSite Bowers Data Center," updated October 22, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/coresite-bowers-santa-clara-ca.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/coresite-bowers-santa-clara-ca, retrieved October 29, 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.GI Partners Secures Planning Permission for 72MW Data Center in Santa Clara · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 6, 2026
2.CoreSite Acquires Silicon Valley Office Property Zoned for Data Center Redevelopment · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 6, 2026
3.2805 Bowers Avenue, Data Center Project Listing · City of Santa Clara · retrieved July 6, 2026
4.Bowers Backup Generating Facility (22-SPPE-01), 2805 Bowers Avenue · California Energy Commission · retrieved September 14, 2026
5.CoreSite drops $100 million on Santa Clara tech strip · Hoodline · retrieved September 14, 2026
6.Nominatim geocode of 2805 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA · OpenStreetMap contributors · retrieved September 14, 2026

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