Laurelwood Data Center
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2019089107
Lead Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Laurelwood Data Center
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Industrial warehouse, manufacturing, and office use, Planned Industrial, Low Intensity Office/R&D
Document Description
MECPl Santa Clara 1, LLC (Applicant) is seeking an exemption from the California Energy Commission's jurisdiction (Small Power Plant Exemption, or SPPE) and proceed with local approval rather than requiring a certification by the California Energy Commission. Section 25519(c) of the Public Resources Code designates the Energy Commission as the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) lead agency, as provided in section 21165 of the Public Resources Code, for all projects that seek an exemption from the Energy Commission's power plant certification process.
The applicant proposes to construct and operate the Laurelwood Data Center (LDC or project) at 2201 Laurelwood Road in Santa Clara, California. The LDC would include of two multi-storied data center buildings, and 56 3.0 megawatt (MW) standby backup diesel-fired generators capable of providing electrical power during utility outages or certain onsite electrical equipment interruption or failure. The maximum electrical load of the LDC would be 99 MW, inclusive of tenant-installed information technology (IT) equipment in the LDC and cooling and ancillary electrical and telecommunications equipment operating to support IT equipment. The LDC would also include an onsite 60 kilovolt substation with an electrical supply line that would connect to a Silicon Valley Power distribution line located 0.1 miles west of the LDC. To make way for the project, demolition of asphalt/foundations and underground utilities would be necessary, prior to construction.
Contact Information
Name
Lisa Worrall
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Santa Clara
Counties
Santa Clara
Cross Streets
Juliette Lane and Laurelwood Road
Zip
95054
Total Acres
13
Parcel #
104-39-023
State Highways
US Route 101
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT)
Development Types
Other (Data Center)
Local Actions
Data Center
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Energy, Wildfire
Attachments
Environmental Document
NOC
State Comments
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