Menlo Digital MD-SV1 (Sunnyvale)
Menlo Equities plans a two-story, 49 MW data center on a Peery Park site that was approved for offices in 2020. Also known as: MD-SV1, 888 Ross Drive.
Who is behind it
The record, newest first
Menlo Digital lists MD-SV1 among new developments at 888-894 Ross Drive, with 49 MW of secured power from PG&E, 36 MW of critical IT load and one two-story building. (Menlo Digital, undated)
The Registry reported a 49 MW, single two-story data center replacing the approved office and life science plan. The readable part of the article gives no city approval. (The Registry, June 17, 2026)
The Real Deal, crediting the San Francisco Business Times, reported the switch to one data center and a PG&E substation. It cited a permit valued at $23.43 million and an entitlement extension through November 2026. (The Real Deal, Feb. 13, 2026)
Sunnyvale approved the 391,131-square-foot office plan for the prior owner, according to the state notice. It was not built. (State Clearinghouse (CEQAnet); City of Sunnyvale lead agency, Nov. 17, 2020; DatacenterDynamics, undated)
Sunnyvale's Planning Commission took up a plan for two five-story office and research buildings at 888 Ross Drive and recommended approval 5-1. (City of Sunnyvale, Oct. 26, 2020; City of Sunnyvale, Nov. 17, 2020)
Conflicts and open questions
- Under 50 MW.
- The Real Deal does not say which agency issued the permit or the extension, or that either covers the data center plan.
- DCD credits the Business Journal for a possible 2027 or 2028 delivery and says Menlo declined to comment.
- The Real Deal describes the older office plan as four-story; the city and state records say five-story.
- Menlo's page gives 243,990 and about 244,214 square feet, and DCD 244,215. City records say 8.98 acres, Menlo 8.9.
The full record
- Status note
- Menlo's page and press reports describe a data center plan. City records we opened cover only the 2020 office plan, and we found no city filing for a data center. Menlo calls the site fully entitled without saying under which plan.
- Power note
- Power Menlo says it has secured, under 50 MW. Its page gives 36 MW of critical IT load.
- Evidence
- Primary public records
- Size class
- Under 50 MW (outside main scope; kept for completeness)