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Digital Realty SJC36 (Lafayette Data Center, 2825 Lafayette Street)

Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California · All 63 Digital Realty sites

PermittedNo reception on recordRecord updated September 21, 2026

Digital Realty SJC36 (Lafayette Data Center, 2825 Lafayette Street) is a permitted data center in Santa Clara, California (Santa Clara County), operated by Digital Realty. The public record puts it at announced May 2020, 66 MW planned, 13.04 acres.

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Facility record

Permitted

Operator
Digital Realty
Facility type
Data center
Location
2825 Lafayette Street, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, CA, 95050
Coordinates
37.3729, -121.9468 (approximate)
Power capacity
66 MW planned
Land
13.04 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
May 2020
Utility
Silicon Valley Power
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
No reception on record
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.

  1. November 9, 2023
    Permitted
    CEC granted a Small Power Plant Exemption (application filed 2020-05-20) for a 99.8 MW backup generating facility serving a three-story 576,120 sq ft data center at 2825 Lafayette Street requiring ~66 MW of operational power from Silicon Valley Power. Source: California Energy Commission

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of September 21, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Digital Realty SJC36 (Lafayette Data Center, 2825 Lafayette Street) in Santa Clara, Santa Clara 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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Power and water

66 MW operational load per CEC SPPE materials; 44 diesel-fired 3 MW backup generators.

Notes on the record

Marketed by Digital Realty as SJC36. Adjacent to but distinct from Digital Realty SJC31 (2805 Lafayette) and SJC11 (3011 Lafayette), which are separate existing facilities.

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
  • How the community has received 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.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.

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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.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Digital Realty SJC36 (Lafayette Data Center, 2825 Lafayette Street) in Santa Clara?

Nothing on record as of September 21, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Digital Realty SJC36 (Lafayette Data Center, 2825 Lafayette Street) in Santa Clara, Santa Clara 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 SJC36 (Lafayette Data Center, 2825 Lafayette Street)?

No lawsuit over Digital Realty SJC36 (Lafayette Data Center, 2825 Lafayette Street) appears in the record we track as of September 21, 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 SJC36 (Lafayette Data Center, 2825 Lafayette Street) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Digital Realty SJC36 (Lafayette Data Center, 2825 Lafayette Street) 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 SJC36 (Lafayette Data Center, 2825 Lafayette Street), and how big is it?

Digital Realty is the operator on record. We hold 63 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 66 MW. The site is recorded at 13.04 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Digital Realty SJC36 (Lafayette Data Center, 2825 Lafayette Street)," updated September 21, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/digital-realty-sjc36-lafayette-santa-clara-ca.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.0 (September 21, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/digital-realty-sjc36-lafayette-santa-clara-ca, retrieved October 1, 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.California Energy Commission, Lafayette Backup Generating Facility (20-SPPE-02) · California Energy Commission · retrieved September 21, 2026
  2. 2.CEC staff document, docket 20-SPPE-02: Digital Realty proposes the Lafayette Data Center at 2825 Lafayette Street, Santa Clara (44 x 3.0 MW backup gensets) · California Energy Commission · retrieved September 21, 2026

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