# Equinix SV11

CAISO data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/equinix-sv11

Equinix SV11 is a facility data center in San Jose, CA. Equinix is identified as the operator, and the facility is operating. It is identified as part of Great Oaks Campus. Spatial service-territory evidence associates the site with Pacific Gas & Electric Company; the profile assigns the asset to CAISO through that documented market role. Reported development, power, and commercial facts retain their source-specific facility, campus, building, or phase scope; the page does not collapse those values into a single implied load.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: operating
- Asset scope: facility
- Location: 5 Great Oaks Boulevard, San Jose, CA
- Operator: Equinix (exact asset) — https://www.equinix.com
- Owner: Equinix (exact asset) — https://www.equinix.com

## Power and grid context

- Electric utility: Pacific Gas & Electric Company

## Development

- Site status: operating
- Site area: 11.15 acres
- Gross floor area: 61,000 square feet
- Buildings: 2
- Construction: Equinix SV11 is a two-story data center on the Great Oaks campus in South San Jose that was developed as part of Equinix's expansion at Great Oaks Boulevard. The project was announced as a new $142M facility named SV11 and intended to add an initial ~61,000 ft² of colocation space in its first phase with campus connectivity to SV1, SV5 and SV10. Planning/permitting records show the Great Oaks data center project area was subject to a Planned Development permit that covered two two‑story data center buildings totaling approximately 386,000 ft² on an approximately 11.15 gross-acre site (the broader project/site plans include multiple buildings and phases). Equinix stated SV11 would target LEED Silver and an ultra-low design average annual PUE of 1.17; Equinix press said SV11 was expected to open June 30, 2021. Local permitting and project documents (city of San Jose CEQA materials and project EIR filings) describe phased development across multiple parcels in the Great Oaks area (including SV10, SV11 and other SV buildings) and an associated backup generation project (Great Oaks South Generating Facility) described to support three data center buildings. Construction-status sources indicate SV11 construction/site improvements were in process, and Equinix and vendor pages describe operational features (fuel cells, advanced cooling, campus cross-connects). Specific commercial online dates, builder handover, and final operating-capacity declarations for the full site beyond the initial phase (e.g., final cabinet counts at full build, final MW electrical capacity assigned to SV11 alone) are not stated unambiguously in the available records and therefore are not inferred.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: colocation, mixed
- Workloads: general colocation / interconnection, high‑density workloads / AI and high‑density support (facility advertises advanced/high‑density cooling and AI/HPC readiness in Equinix Silicon Valley campus materials)
- Operating context: Equinix SV11 is a two‑story, carrier‑neutral colocation data center at 5 Great Oaks Blvd (Great Oaks Campus) operated and owned by Equinix. Initial phase provides ~1,450 cabinets of white‑space with further capacity at full build to ~2,950 cabinets; N+1 power redundancy, N+2 cooling, 30+ hours generator autonomy, hot/cold aisle containment, free cooling and advanced/high‑density cooling features. Targeting LEED Silver and design annual PUE stated as 1.17. Facility provides direct access to cloud on‑ramps (AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute) and Equinix interconnection services.

## Sources

- [http://blog.equinix.com/blog/2025/03/20/how-data-centers-can-use-alternative-water-sources](http://blog.equinix.com/blog/2025/03/20/how-data-centers-can-use-alternative-water-sources)
- [http://ceqanet.lci.ca.gov/2020100431/4](http://ceqanet.lci.ca.gov/2020100431/4)
- [http://datacenterhawk.com/marketplace/providers/equinix/5-great-oaks-boulevard/sv11](http://datacenterhawk.com/marketplace/providers/equinix/5-great-oaks-boulevard/sv11)
- [http://equinix.com/about/sustainability](http://equinix.com/about/sustainability)
- [http://equinix.com/data-centers/americas-colocation/united-states-colocation/silicon-valley-data-centers/sv11](http://equinix.com/data-centers/americas-colocation/united-states-colocation/silicon-valley-data-centers/sv11)
- [http://hmhca.com/projects/equinix-sv10-11-colocation-great-oaks-boulevard](http://hmhca.com/projects/equinix-sv10-11-colocation-great-oaks-boulevard)
- [http://investor.equinix.com/sec-filings/all-sec-filings/content/0001101239-26-000032/eqix-20251231.htm](http://investor.equinix.com/sec-filings/all-sec-filings/content/0001101239-26-000032/eqix-20251231.htm)
- [http://mercurynews.com/2026/01/21/first-data-center-project-receives-power-under-san-jose-pge-agreement](http://mercurynews.com/2026/01/21/first-data-center-project-receives-power-under-san-jose-pge-agreement)
- [http://newsroom.equinix.com/press-releases?item=124205](http://newsroom.equinix.com/press-releases?item=124205)
- [http://prnewswire.com/news-releases/equinix-expands-silicon-valley-campus-with-new-142m-highly-energy-efficient-data-center-301303834.html](http://prnewswire.com/news-releases/equinix-expands-silicon-valley-campus-with-new-142m-highly-energy-efficient-data-center-301303834.html)
- [http://sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/20235/636687506463800000](http://sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/20235/636687506463800000)
- [http://sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments-offices/planning-building-code-enforcement/planning-division/data-center-and-other-large-energy-use-projects](http://sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments-offices/planning-building-code-enforcement/planning-division/data-center-and-other-large-energy-use-projects)
- [http://sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments-offices/planning-building-code-enforcement/planning-division/environmental-planning/environmental-review/active-eirs/equinix-data-centers](http://sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments-offices/planning-building-code-enforcement/planning-division/environmental-planning/environmental-review/active-eirs/equinix-data-centers)
- [http://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-residents-push-for-data-center-moratorium](http://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-residents-push-for-data-center-moratorium)
- [Great Oaks South Backup Generating Facility (SV18}, (State ...](https://ceqanet.lci.ca.gov/2020100431/8)
- [DPF Specifications for Life Safety Generators - GOSBGF](https://efiling.energy.ca.gov/GetDocument.aspx?tn=234962&DocumentContentId=67833)
- [California Energy Commission : Docket Log - CA.gov](https://efiling.energy.ca.gov/Lists/DocketLog.aspx?docketnumber=20-SPPE-01)
- [Equinix SV11](https://mlq.ai/data-centers/usa/california/san-jose/equinix-sv11-sanjose/)
- [San Jose residents push for data center moratorium](https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-residents-push-for-data-center-moratorium/)
- [Service Locations](https://www.cogentco.com/en/network/service-locations?action=search&page=4&continent=&country=&state=CA&metro=&city=&site_type=DC)
- [Equinix SV11 - San Jose](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/california/san-jose/equinix-sv11/)
- [Great Oaks South Generating Facility](https://www.energy.ca.gov/powerplant/backup-generating-system/great-oaks-south-generating-facility)
- [Silicon Valley SV11](https://www.equinix.com/data-centers/americas-colocation/united-states-colocation/silicon-valley-data-centers/sv11) — Equinix (operator) — official site
- [First data center receives power under San Jose-PG&E ...](https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/01/21/first-data-center-project-receives-power-under-san-jose-pge-agreement/)
- [Equinix Data Centers | City of San José](https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments-offices/planning-building-code-enforcement/planning-division/environmental-planning/environmental-review/active-eirs/equinix-data-centers) — City of San José (Planning / Environmental Review)
- [City of San José Invites Residents to Help Regulate Data ...](https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/city-of-san-jose-invites-residents-to-help-regulate-data-center-development/)
- [San Jose residents push back on new AI data centers ...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/san-jose-residents-push-back-061740655.html)

## Data quality

- Sourced from Equinix official site and Equinix press release (company-published material) and local-government project pages; trade and local news articles cite the same project names and addresses. City planning documents and California Energy Commission docket materials are included in the evidence corpus for public-permit and generator discussions. Community-opposition reporting is from local news outlets. Operator materials are authoritative for facility claims (PUE target, LEED targeting, cabinet capacity), but community concerns and regulatory filings reflect external scrutiny; where claims are internal to Equinix they are labelled as company statements in articles.
- Removed uncited provider news result: Equinix Expands Silicon Valley Campus with New $142M Highly Energy Efficient Data Center
- Removed uncited provider news result: PG&E, Equinix open San Jose data center after grid upgrades
- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.

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