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Novva San Francisco (400 Paul Avenue)

San Francisco, San Francisco County, California · All 7 Novva Data Centers sites

OperatingNo reception on recordRecord updated September 21, 2026

Novva San Francisco (400 Paul Avenue) is an operating data center in San Francisco, California (San Francisco County), operated by Novva Data Centers. The public record puts it at 36 MW planned, 7.5 acres.

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Facility record

Operating

Operator
Novva Data Centers
Facility type
Data center
Location
400 Paul Avenue, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA, 94124
Coordinates
37.7231, -122.3985 (approximate)
Power capacity
9 MW operating; 36 MW planned
Land
7.5 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
Not established from a public source
Cooling
Closed loop
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. June 2026
    Operating
    First 9 MW phase came online in summer 2026 as part of a planned 36 MW facility; expansion continues through 2028 per Mission Local. Source: Mission Local
  2. 2016
    Permitted
    Approved by the San Francisco Planning Commission in 2016 (Mission Local). Source: Mission Local

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of September 21, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Novva San Francisco (400 Paul Avenue) in San Francisco, San Francisco 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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A new status, a permit, a reception finding, or a lawsuit. Nothing else, ever.

Power and water

Novva markets a 'water-free' cooling system with direct-to-chip liquid cooling available; recorded as closed_loop (recirculating coolant circuit) per the tie-breaker rule rather than 'air'.

Notes on the record

182,000 sq ft data hall plus 56,000 sq ft office/operations building in Bayview's industrial corridor, across Paul Avenue from Digital Realty SFO10 / 200 Paul Avenue. 36 MW is planned critical load; 9 MW operational as of summer 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.

  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • How the community has received it
  • Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
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.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Novva San Francisco (400 Paul Avenue) data center in San Francisco?

Nothing on record as of September 21, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Novva San Francisco (400 Paul Avenue) in San Francisco, San Francisco 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 Novva San Francisco (400 Paul Avenue) data center?

No lawsuit over Novva San Francisco (400 Paul Avenue) 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 Novva San Francisco (400 Paul Avenue) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Novva San Francisco (400 Paul Avenue) is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Novva San Francisco (400 Paul Avenue), and how big is it?

Novva Data Centers is the operator on record. We hold 7 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 36 MW. The site is recorded at 7.5 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Novva San Francisco (400 Paul Avenue)," updated September 21, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/novva-san-francisco-400-paul-avenue-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/novva-san-francisco-400-paul-avenue-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.Novva, San Francisco data center (36 MW critical load, 182,000 sq ft data hall, 7.5-acre campus) · Novva Data Centers · retrieved September 21, 2026
  2. 2.Amid rising fear over data centers, an S.F. supervisor quietly plans a moratorium (2026-09-10) · Mission Local · retrieved September 21, 2026
  3. 3.San Francisco weighs 45-day freeze on data centers as Bayview feels the heat (2026-09-11) · Hoodline · retrieved September 21, 2026

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