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5601 Great Oaks Parkway Data Center (Menlo Equities, Charlotte Drive)

San Jose, Santa Clara County, California · All 3 Menlo Equities sites

ProposedNo reception on recordRecord updated September 21, 2026

5601 Great Oaks Parkway Data Center (Menlo Equities, Charlotte Drive) is a proposed data center in San Jose, California (Santa Clara County), operated by Menlo Equities. The public record puts it at announced August 2026, 100 MW planned.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator: Menlo Equities
Facility type: Data center
Location: 5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA, 95119
Coordinates: 37.2503, -121.7944 (approximate)
Power capacity: 100 MW planned
Land: Not established from a public source
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: August 2026
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: 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.

August 10, 2026
Proposed
Special Use Permit SP26-022 (pending intake on the city's July 2026 list) for a 444,436 sq ft data center with on-site substation and publicly accessible open space on a portion of Western Digital's South San José campus along Charlotte Drive; ~100 MW at full build per The Real Deal. Source: The Real Deal

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of September 21, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over 5601 Great Oaks Parkway Data Center (Menlo Equities, Charlotte Drive) 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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Notes on the record

Proposed on Charlotte Drive between Lexington Avenue and Raleigh Road, industrial-zoned land within Western Digital's tech campus; The Real Deal reports the project would require nearly 100 MW once complete. Coordinates are a street-level geocode of Great Oaks Parkway (approximate).

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
Land area
How the community has received it
Which utility serves 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.
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.

Prologis Silver Creek Valley Road Data Center · San Jose · Prologisunder 1 mile · Proposed · 99 MW
Equinix SV1 · San Jose · Equinixunder 1 mile · Operating
Prologis 5853 Rue Ferrari · San Jose · Prologisunder 1 mile · Permitted · 49 MW · Supported
865 Embedded Way Data Center (Oppidan / Rockpoint) · San Jose · Oppidan (with Rockpoint Group)1 mi · Proposed · 18 MW
Equinix Great Oaks South Data Center (SV12, SV18, SV19) · San Jose · Equinix1 mi · Permitted
Westbank 300 South First Street Data Center (downtown San José) · San Jose · Westbank8 mi · Proposed
Westbank 180 Park Avenue Data Center (Park Habitat site, downtown San José) · San Jose · Westbank / Urban Community8 mi · Proposed
CoreSite SV1 - San Jose, CA · San Jose · CoreSite8 mi · Operating

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the 5601 Great Oaks Parkway Data Center (Menlo Equities, Charlotte Drive) in San Jose?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the 5601 Great Oaks Parkway Data Center (Menlo Equities, Charlotte Drive)?

No lawsuit over 5601 Great Oaks Parkway Data Center (Menlo Equities, Charlotte Drive) 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 5601 Great Oaks Parkway Data Center (Menlo Equities, Charlotte Drive) use?

No water withdrawal figure for 5601 Great Oaks Parkway Data Center (Menlo Equities, Charlotte Drive) 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 5601 Great Oaks Parkway Data Center (Menlo Equities, Charlotte Drive), and how big is it?

Menlo Equities is the operator on record. We hold 3 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 100 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "5601 Great Oaks Parkway Data Center (Menlo Equities, Charlotte Drive)," updated September 21, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/menlo-equities-great-oaks-parkway-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/menlo-equities-great-oaks-parkway-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.City of San José, Data Center and other Large Energy-Use Projects (application list updated 2026-07-13; Wayback capture 2026-08-13) · City of San José Planning Division · retrieved September 21, 2026
2.Menlo Equities, Oppidan next in line for data center projects in San Jose (2026-08-10) · The Real Deal · retrieved September 21, 2026
3.San José weighs data center benefits as residents raise environmental concerns (2026-08-13) · KQED · retrieved September 21, 2026

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