Data center project · Santa Clara County, California
Amazon Web Services data center (Gilroy)
Under construction · A 438,500 sq ft Amazon data center approved administratively under existing industrial zoning, with no public hearing, now under construction.
- Status
- Under construction · as of Sept. 14, 2026
- Location
- Northeast Gilroy, between a Walmart Supercenter and Gilroy Premium Outlets · Santa Clara County
- Power
- Not reported
Not reported. - Floor area
- 438,500 sq ft
- Land
- 56 acres
- Investment
- $2 billion (WSJ)
- Developer and team
- Amazon Web Services
- Evidence
- News reports; primary records not yet obtained
- Size class
- Under 50 MW (outside main scope; kept for completeness)
Updates, newest first
- Sept. 14, 2026 The City Council adopted a 45-day moratorium on new data centers that excludes the Amazon building under construction. (NBC Bay Area, Sept. 14, 2026)
- July 2025 The city's community-development director approved the project at staff level after a 2020 application. (The Wall Street Journal (as republished by To Vima), Aug. 10, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
- Amazon has filed a pre-application for a possible second Gilroy facility (NBC Bay Area).
- Included on acreage (56 acres, under the 100-acre threshold) and investment because power is not reported.
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