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

Facility record

Lifecycle

PermittedSource-reported lifecycle

Location precision

approximate

Address as listed

2825 Lafayette Street

Coordinates

37.37287, -121.946796

Serving utility, source-reported

Silicon Valley Power

Operational capacity, source-reported

Not published

Planned capacity, source-reported

66 MW

Source record updated

2026-09-21

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

1. 2023-11-09Permitted

   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.

   Underlying source

Source notes

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.

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

Sources and provenance

• California Energy Commission — Lafayette Backup Generating Facility (20-SPPE-02) · source retrieved 2026-09-21
• 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) · source retrieved 2026-09-21

Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.