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Digital Realty 727 S. Grand Avenue (DTLA)

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California · All 54 Digital Realty sites

ProposedNo reception on recordRecord updated August 2, 2026

Digital Realty 727 S. Grand Avenue (DTLA) is a proposed data center in Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County), operated by Digital Realty. The public record puts it at announced May 24, 2023.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator
Digital Realty
Facility type
Data center
Location
727 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA, 90017
Coordinates
34.0468, -118.2571 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
May 24, 2023
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

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.

  1. May 24, 2023
    Proposed
    Initial Site Development Plan / Development Agreement filing (applicant of record: GIP 7th Street LLC) for a 13-story, approximately 485,892 sq ft data center replacing a 1960s-era parking structure. Source: Data Center Frontier

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of August 2, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Digital Realty 727 S. Grand Avenue (DTLA) in Los Angeles, Los Angeles 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

13-story, approximately 485,892-486,000 gross sq ft tower (roughly 230,000 sq ft technical/server space per Bisnow) replacing a 1960s-era parking structure at 727-737 S. Grand Ave; architect OfficeUntitled. No city entitlements confirmed as of the most recent dated reporting - only an initial environmental study has been completed. A Nov 2025 trade-press report describes the project's status as 'unclear.' Industry-tracked as 'LAX13' (datacenterHawk); across the street from Digital Realty's untracked LAX10 (600 W. 7th St.) and near One Wilshire (624 S. Grand Ave); distinct from the already-tracked digital-realty-lax12-ca (El Segundo). No AI/HPC-specific marketing found anywhere - demand is framed as general entertainment/gaming and colocation. Correction: a widely-repeated '32MW, land acquired Nov 2025' claim associated with this address actually belongs to a separate, unrelated Digital Realty transaction at 4400 Pacific Blvd, Vernon, CA (5.4 acres, $48.8M, 32MW) - do not conflate; the Vernon site is not tracked in this dataset. Coordinates are an approximate street-level geocode, not a parcel-confirmed point.

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.

  • Power capacity in megawatts
  • 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
Power capacity in megawatts
The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Digital Realty 727 S. Grand Avenue (DTLA) data center in Los Angeles?

Nothing on record as of August 2, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Digital Realty 727 S. Grand Avenue (DTLA) in Los Angeles, Los Angeles 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 Digital Realty 727 S. Grand Avenue (DTLA) data center?

No lawsuit over Digital Realty 727 S. Grand Avenue (DTLA) 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 Digital Realty 727 S. Grand Avenue (DTLA) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Digital Realty 727 S. Grand Avenue (DTLA) 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 Digital Realty 727 S. Grand Avenue (DTLA), and how big is it?

Digital Realty is the operator on record. We hold 54 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Digital Realty 727 S. Grand Avenue (DTLA)," updated August 2, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/digital-realty-727-s-grand-ave-la-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/digital-realty-727-s-grand-ave-la-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. 1.Digital Realty Plans 13-Story Data Center in Downtown Los Angeles · Data Center Frontier · retrieved August 2, 2026
  2. 2.DTLA data center at 727 S. Grand Ave. on track to start work in 2025 · Urbanize LA · retrieved August 2, 2026
  3. 3.Here's the updated look for the big data center at 727 S. Grand Ave. · Urbanize LA · retrieved August 2, 2026
  4. 4.Digital Realty To Add New Data Center To Downtown LA Block · Bisnow · retrieved August 2, 2026
  5. 5.727 S. Grand (Data Center) project tracker · Downtown LA · retrieved August 2, 2026
  6. 6.Digital Realty LAX13 - 727 South Grand Avenue · datacenterHawk · retrieved August 2, 2026
  7. 7.Digital Realty drops $9M per acre on Vernon data center site (confirms 727 Grand Ave. status as 'unclear' as of Nov 2025) · The Real Deal · retrieved August 2, 2026

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