Laurelwood Data Center, Santa Clara
approved CampusOperated by MECP1 Santa Clara 1 LLC
The Laurelwood Data Center in Santa Clara is designed for fifty-six 3.0 MW emergency generators with a combined capacity of 99 MW, and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued an Authority to Construct (A/N 32142) for its first twenty-one generators.
Land use jurisdiction: City of Santa Clara
Measurements on record
Water and cooling
| Water use | not yet requested | |
No figure is on public record for this facility. Absence of a record here is a records gap, not a finding about the facility. The record that would establish itWater supply (will-serve). not yet requested permitting path How to read water figuresThe same figure can read as large or small depending on the frame. A county comparison puts it beside documented local withdrawals; a national total would make any single facility look small. Cooling design matters as much as quantity, and water used to generate a facility's electricity is not included here. Full methodology |
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| Cooling type | not yet requested | |
No figure is on public record for this facility. Absence of a record here is a records gap, not a finding about the facility. The record that would establish itWater supply (will-serve). not yet requested permitting path How to read water figuresThe same figure can read as large or small depending on the frame. A county comparison puts it beside documented local withdrawals; a national total would make any single facility look small. Cooling design matters as much as quantity, and water used to generate a facility's electricity is not included here. Full methodology |
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Permitting path
Approvals on record for 2 of 12 path steps; latest: Air district permit (generators) (2024-08-28).
California runs environmental review with the land-use entitlement: the lead agency for CEQA is usually the land-use authority, so the two milestones move together. Large onsite generation adds a California Energy Commission authorization.
| Date | Step | Authority | Instrument | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-28 | Air district permit (generators) | Bay Area Air Quality Management District | Authority to Construct A/N 32142 (sources S-1 through S-21)
Authority to Construct A/N 32142 (sources S-1 through S-21) (original) |
on record |
| Site control (deed or lease) | not yet requested | |||
| CEQA review | California Energy Commission | CEQA review as lead agency (SCH 2019089107)
CEQA review as lead agency (SCH 2019089107) (original) |
on record | |
| Entitlement (CUP / site plan) | City of Santa Clara | not yet requested | ||
| CEC authorization (SPPE / AFC) applies onsite generation of 50 MW or more |
California Energy Commission | not yet requested | ||
| Natural gas service applies where the facility uses natural gas |
not yet requested | |||
| Grid interconnection | not yet requested | |||
| Sewer will-serve | City of Santa Clara (sewer service) (municipal limits) | not yet requested | ||
| Will-serve letter / water supply assessment | not yet requested | |||
| Building permit | City of Santa Clara | not yet requested | ||
| Stormwater (construction general permit) applies where land disturbance is one acre or more |
California State Water Resources Control Board | not yet requested | ||
| Public agreements and incentives applies where negotiated with the host jurisdiction |
City of Santa Clara | not yet requested | ||
| Go-live | not yet live |
Steps without a record are shown as not yet requested or not on record: absence of a record here is a records gap, not a finding about the facility. An authority shown for an empty step is the body that would issue it. Some authorities are shown before any record exists, from mapped utility service areas or, for sewer service, from municipal limits; these carry a marker naming the basis.
Site control comes first in every path: a proponent must hold a deed, lease, or purchase option on every parcel of the site before it can apply. Parcel and ownership records have not yet been pulled for this facility.
About this path and the law behind each step: the law on record for this jurisdiction
Location and sources
Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California
Every record links to its source: public records, press reporting, and openly licensed datasets including Epoch AI, Wikidata, and US EPA. Full sourcing and per-source licensing: methodology · sources.