Data Center Registry
CoreSite Bowers Data Center
Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California · All 16 CoreSite sites
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
- Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, CA
- Coordinates
- 37.3890, -121.9740
- 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
- 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 2026PermittedCoreSite 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 2024PermittedSanta 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 2021ProposedGI 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.
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.
Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.
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.
- 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
- 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
- Csquare SFO1 · Santa Clara · Csquare1 mi · Operating · 34.5 MW
- Equinix SV2 · Santa Clara · Equinix1 mi · Operating
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the CoreSite Bowers Data Center in Santa Clara?
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.
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 July 6, 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 16 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 July 6, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/coresite-bowers-santa-clara-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/coresite-bowers-santa-clara-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.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
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