CA3 Data Center
4 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2021080438
Lead Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
CA3 Data Center
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
8/12/2022
Document Description
The applicant, Vantage Data Services was granted a Small Power Plant Exemption (SPPE) from the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) jurisdiction to proceed with local approval rather than requiring certification by the CEC for the CA3 Data Center and Backup Generating Facility (CA3BGF or project).
The applicant proposes to construct a four-story, approximately 468,000 square foot data center building on a 6.69-acre site, located at 2590 Walsh Avenue in Santa Clara, California. The proposed project consists of a 100 megavolt amperes electric utility substation using a two-bay design (directly adjacent across the property line from the existing Uranium Substation owned by Silicon Valley Power); a switching station, generator equipment yard (CA3BGF); and surface parking. The data center building portion of the project would consist of two main components: the data center suites that house client servers and the administrative facilities, including support functions. The project’s diesel-fired emergency backup generators (gensets) would generate sufficient electricity to serve the data center building. Eight of the project’s 40 gensets would be redundant, yielding the applicant’s goal of a 99.999 percent reliability factor. The remaining four gensets would be house generators (two of which are redundant) that would support portions of administration and features necessary for emergency response. The new substation would deliver electricity to the project from Silicon Valley Power via the new switching station, providing 60-kilovolt service to the site and supporting the need for the CA3BGF to provide uninterruptible power supply for the project data servers. The CA3BGF would only be operated for maintenance, for testing, and during emergency utility power outages.
Contact Information
Name
Eric Veerkamp
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
San Jose, Santa Clara
Counties
Santa Clara
Regions
San Francisco Bay Area
Cross Streets
Walsh Avenue and Bowers
Zip
95051
Total Acres
6.69
Jobs
20
Parcel #
216-28-112
State Highways
101, 82
Railways
Caltrain
Airports
Mineta San Jose International
Schools
Crachar Elementary
Waterways
San Tomas Creek, Calabasas
Township
6S
Range
1W
Section
33
Base
NA
Other Location Info
NA
Other Information
NA
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
California Energy Commission
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
County Clerks
Sacramento, Santa Clara
Final Environmental Document Available at
https://efiling.energy.ca.gov/Lists/DocketLog.aspx?docketnumber=21-SPPE-01
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
Yes
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
Attachments
Notice of Determination
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