CoreSite Bowers Data Center
CoreSite · Santa Clara, CA · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- PermittedSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- 2805 Bowers Avenue
- Coordinates
- 37.389, -121.974
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Silicon Valley Power (SVP)
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- 72 MW
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-22
Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.
Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.
Reported lifecycle history
- Proposed
GI Partners assembled Walsh Bowers Technology Center properties for ~$79M; 2805 Bowers Ave acquired from KeyPoint Credit Union for $37.5M
- Permitted
Santa Clara City Council unanimously approved demolition of 1975 office building and construction of 72MW, 244,070 sq ft four-story data center (Bowers Data Center and Bowers Backup Generating Facility); Planning Commission had deadlocked 3-2
Underlying source - Permitted
CoreSite affiliate acquired 2805 Bowers Ave for ~$57M (part of $100M three-property deal from GI Partners); planning permission carries with land; redevelopment plans expected
Underlying source
Source notes
Coordinates approximate based on 2805 Bowers Ave address. Originally a GI Partners project; CoreSite (owned by American Tower) acquired in Feb 2026 and is expected to redevelop under existing permit. CoreSite already operates a dense interconnection campus nearby in Santa Clara. No construction timeline announced as of mid-2026.
New SVP substation to be constructed on-site. Backup: 32 Tier 4 diesel generators totaling 72MW emergency capacity.
Sources and provenance
- GI Partners Secures Planning Permission for 72MW Data Center in Santa Clara · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- CoreSite Acquires Silicon Valley Office Property Zoned for Data Center Redevelopment · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- 2805 Bowers Avenue — Data Center Project Listing · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- Bowers Backup Generating Facility (22-SPPE-01), 2805 Bowers Avenue · source retrieved 2026-09-14
- CoreSite drops $100 million on Santa Clara tech strip · source retrieved 2026-09-14
- Nominatim geocode of 2805 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA · source retrieved 2026-09-14
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.