Xilinx San Jose
BrownfieldSan Jose, Santa Clara, California · Bloom Energy
Xilinx San Jose is a natural gas plant in San Jose, Santa Clara, California, retired 2020-09-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 1 MW of generation, so the grid hookup, transmission rights, and often cooling-water access are already in place — collapsing the speed-to-power timeline versus a greenfield build.
Former use & capacity
Grid hookup & remediation
Site conditions & market — Santa Clara County
County-level intelligence for this site's location — the power economics, water, hazard, connectivity, and workforce a developer screens before ever visiting. Assembled from FEMA NRI, BLS QCEW, FCC BDC, USGS water-use, and EIA.
Market & workforce
Power economics & interconnection
Water & cooling
Hazard, flood & connectivity
County-level context — address-level utility offerings and flood zoning vary within the county. Confirm site-specific service with the utility and a Phase I ESA.
Nearby brownfield & retired-generation sites
A proximity screen of other retired-plant, contaminated, and EPA-flagged sites near Xilinx San Jose — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SJ/SC WPCP | natural gas plant | 12 | 12.6 mi | — |
| Santa Clara Cogen | natural gas plant | 8 | 7.7 mi | — |
| Waste Management Tri-Cities LFGTE | natural gas plant | 5 | 17.1 mi | — |
| City of Palo Alto | natural gas plant | 4 | 16.0 mi | — |
| University of California Santa Cruz | natural gas plant | 3 | 18.9 mi | — |
| SC 1 Data Center, Phase 2 | oil plant | 2 | 7.5 mi | — |
| Extreme Via Del Oro | natural gas plant | 1 | 8.2 mi | — |
| Juniper Networks Sunnyvale | natural gas plant | 1 | 11.8 mi | — |
Derived from GridCensus's retired-generator & EPA brownfield dataset. Not a substitute for an ASTM E1527 Phase I environmental radius report.
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Nearby datacenter candidate sites
Scored candidate sites near Xilinx San Jose, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| METCALF 1 | Substation-Adjacent | CA | Santa Clara County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 8.2 yrs | 59.6 |
| NEWARK DISTRIBUTION | Substation-Adjacent | CA | Alameda County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 57.4 |
| Juniper Networks Sunnyvale | Brownfield | CA | Alameda County | 115 kV | 1 MW | 5.7 yrs | 56.7 |
| S.L.A.C. | Substation-Adjacent | CA | San Mateo County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 56.0 |
| EASTSHORE | Substation-Adjacent | CA | Alameda County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 55.9 |
| Extreme San Ignacio | Brownfield | CA | Santa Clara County | 115 kV | 1 MW | 5.7 yrs | 55.9 |
| SC 1 Data Center, Phase 2 | Brownfield | CA | Santa Clara County | 60 kV | 2 MW | 5.7 yrs | 55.9 |
| LOS ESTEROS | Substation-Adjacent | CA | Alameda County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 55.8 |
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Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.
Brownfield attributes are derived from EIA retired-generator and EPA public data. Existing capacity reflects the retired plant's historical nameplate, not deliverable interconnection for a new load. Confirm reusable interconnection rights, remediation status, and site availability with the utility, ISO, and current owner.
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