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Equinix Great Oaks South Data Center (SV12, SV18, SV19)

San Jose, Santa Clara County, California · All 34 Equinix sites

PermittedNo reception on recordRecord updated September 14, 2026

Equinix Great Oaks South Data Center (SV12, SV18, SV19) is a permitted data center in San Jose, California (Santa Clara County), operated by Equinix. The public record puts it at 18 acres.

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Facility record

Permitted

Operator: Equinix
Facility type: Data center
Location: 123 Great Oaks Boulevard, San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA, 95119
Coordinates: 37.2330, -121.7808 (approximate)
Power capacity: Not established from a public source
Land: 18 acres
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: Not established from a public source
Utility: Not established from a public source
On site generation: 99 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: 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.

December 10, 2021
Permitted
CEC final decision granting the small power plant exemption for the Great Oaks South Backup Generating Facility; Notice of Determination 2021-12-13. Source: California Energy Commission

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of September 14, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Equinix Great Oaks South Data Center (SV12, SV18, SV19) in San Jose, 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

CEC Small Power Plant Exemption 20-SPPE-01: 36 diesel-fired standby generators rated 3.25 MW each plus three 0.5-MW life-safety generators, 99 MW total.

Notes on the record

Three two-story buildings of 182,350 sq ft each at 123, 127 and 131 Great Oaks Boulevard, applicant SV1, LLC (a subsidiary of Equinix, LLC). Distinct parcel from Equinix's existing Great Oaks campus buildings already tracked (SV1/SV2/SV4/SV8/SV15). Status recorded as permitted because the fetched source establishes the exemption, not a build state.

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
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.
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.

Equinix SV1 · San Jose · Equinixunder 1 mile · Operating
Prologis 5853 Rue Ferrari · San Jose · Prologis1 mi · Permitted · 49 MW · Supported
Prologis Silver Creek Valley Road Data Center · San Jose · Prologis1 mi · Proposed · 99 MW
5601 Great Oaks Parkway Data Center (Menlo Equities, Charlotte Drive) · San Jose · Menlo Equities1 mi · Proposed · 100 MW
865 Embedded Way Data Center (Oppidan / Rockpoint) · San Jose · Oppidan (with Rockpoint Group)2 mi · Proposed · 18 MW
Westbank 300 South First Street Data Center (downtown San José) · San Jose · Westbank9 mi · Proposed
Westbank 180 Park Avenue Data Center (Park Habitat site, downtown San José) · San Jose · Westbank / Urban Community9 mi · Proposed
CoreSite SV1 - San Jose, CA · San Jose · CoreSite9 mi · Operating

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Equinix Great Oaks South Data Center (SV12, SV18, SV19) in San Jose?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Equinix Great Oaks South Data Center (SV12, SV18, SV19)?

No lawsuit over Equinix Great Oaks South Data Center (SV12, SV18, SV19) appears in the record we track as of September 14, 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 Equinix Great Oaks South Data Center (SV12, SV18, SV19) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Equinix Great Oaks South Data Center (SV12, SV18, SV19) 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 Equinix Great Oaks South Data Center (SV12, SV18, SV19), and how big is it?

Equinix is the operator on record. We hold 34 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 18 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Equinix Great Oaks South Data Center (SV12, SV18, SV19)," updated September 14, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/equinix-great-oaks-south-san-jose-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/equinix-great-oaks-south-san-jose-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.Great Oaks South Generating Facility (20-SPPE-01) · California Energy Commission · retrieved September 14, 2026
2.Nominatim geocode of 123 Great Oaks Boulevard, San Jose, CA · OpenStreetMap contributors · retrieved September 14, 2026

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