Bowers Data Center
- Status
- Approval documented
- Place
- Santa Clara, California
- County
- Santa Clara County
- Address
- 2805 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA
- Type
- Data center (inventory classification)
Status context. Last documented land-use approval: Santa Clara adopted use-permit resolution 24-9358 and GPA24-9357 on August 27, 2024, followed by zoning correction 24-9367 on September 24, 2024. Approval has stated conditions; no finding that all conditions, air/building permits, construction, energization or operation are complete. CEC exemption alone is not final project permission. Current operator/ownership remain unresolved.
Approximate official source parcel reference, not a roof or complete campus. Approximate calculated center of official County of Santa Clara reference parcel 21628063 for the explicitly named project street 2805 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, CA. No surveyed boundary, roof, title, tenant, owner, independent building, current operation or complete campus is established. Existing Native status remains approved. Imagery acquisition date is unknown and may predate construction.
Dated record.
- approved
- approved
- approved
- Santa Clara adopted zoning-map correction 24-9367 for Bowers parcel 216-28-063 toLight Industrial; its effective-date clause states 30 calendar days after adoption. This is not a construction start or completion.
- Santa Clara adopted Bowers use-permit resolution 24-9358 and GPA24-9357, with conditional effective-date provisions. No construction, operating milestone or final engineering-capacity reconciliation is inferred.
- CEC order 23-1108-07 granted the Bowers backup-generating small power plant exemption. This is a state-jurisdiction exemption, not final local construction/operation approval; filing/attestation followed onNovember 9.
Documented concerns.
- Air and generatorsCalifornia Energy Commission adopted Order 23-1108-07 certifying the final environmental impact report, adopting mitigation monitoring and granting a Small Power Plant Exemption for the Bowers backup generating.
A documented item is a public record or report, not an Atlas finding.
Sources.
- Reviewed sourcewww.energy.ca.gov · checked October 14, 2026
- California Energy Commission bowers cec orderefiling.energy.ca.gov · published November 9, 2023 · checked October 16, 2026
- City of Santa Clara bowers use permitsantaclara.legistar.com · checked October 16, 2026
- City of Santa Clara bowers gpasantaclara.legistar.com · checked October 16, 2026
- City of Santa Clara bowers rezonesantaclara.legistar.com · checked October 16, 2026
- Applicant August2022 Bowers design proposal filed in CEC docketefiling.energy.ca.gov · checked October 16, 2026
- City of Santa Clara bowers filesantaclara.legistar.com · checked October 16, 2026
- City of Santa Clara bowers rezone filesantaclara.legistar.com · checked October 16, 2026
- California Energy Commission cec sppe methodwww.energy.ca.gov · checked October 16, 2026
- Exact official source parcel or situs queryservices2.arcgis.com · checked October 23, 2026
- Official public parcel layer definitionsservices2.arcgis.com · checked October 23, 2026
- Actually viewed setting, acquisition date unknownbasemap.nationalmap.gov · checked October 23, 2026
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Last checked October 23, 2026, 12 linked sources. Review dates do not certify current operation or every field. Corrections and record history
Updated . What changed: Source review for Bowers Data Center. This is not a project milestone.