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596 William Street

Industrial

Alameda, California · CAISO

DC Readiness
48.4
Fair / 100

At a glance

596 William Street is an industrial datacenter candidate site in Alameda, California, scoring 48.4/100 DC Readiness — 96th of 313 scored sites in the county. It sits in the CAISO grid region and the PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO. service territory, where interconnection has averaged 7.6 years from request to operation.

Power & interconnection

UtilityPACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO.investor ownedrestrictive to large load · terms ≥ 50 MW

Speed to power

Interconnection outlookConstrained
≈ 8.3 yrs typical interconnection wait

Deep queue and long historical waits — plan for a multi-year interconnection timeline and engage the utility early.

ISO / RTO regionCAISO
Queue depth227
Avg queue wait7.6 yrs
Recent queue wait8.3 yrs
Completion rate11%
Withdrawal rate89%

Connectivity

Nearest IXPDigital Realty OAK (720 2nd St)
IXP distance0.9 mi
Fiber providers12
Fiber coverage64.4%

Site characteristics

Site typeIndustrial

Risk & environment

Environmental constraintNone (0/100)
Water stress (WRI)High
Wetlands (NWI)—
Critical habitat—
Superfund nearby—
Hazard sub-score52/100

Location context

Nearest datacenterDigital Realty OAK (720 2nd St)
DC distance0.9 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively High (48)
DC tax incentiveNo
Commercial electricity29.86¢/kWh
Industrial electricity22.93¢/kWh
Cooling degree days1,000
Heating degree days2,500
Land price / acre$13,473

Regulatory climate

Moderatestate posture · as of 2026-08

No notable statewide DC restriction on record; confirm local zoning and utility tariffs.

DC tax incentiveNo / suspended

Site location

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≥ 7560–7540–60≤ 40
This site + 8 nearby

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How does 596 William Street compare with other sites in Alameda?

596 William Street ranks 96th of 313 scored candidate sites in Alameda. Its 48.4/100 is roughly in line with the county average of 49.4. It is roughly in line with the California average of 45.4 and roughly in line with the national average of 53.2.

Against the California average, its strongest sub-score is fiber connectivity (93 vs 66) and its weakest is power availability (30 vs 36). Power and speed to power each carry 20% of the composite score, fiber 12%, water 7% and hazard 6%.

How close is 596 William Street to power, fiber and other datacenters?

The nearest located transmission bottleneck is 30750_MOSSLD _230_30797_LASAGUIL_230_BR_1 _1 (CAISO), 21 miles away. For connectivity, the nearest internet exchange facility is Digital Realty OAK (720 2nd St) at 0.9 miles. 12 fiber providers report service at the location in FCC broadband data. The closest operating datacenter on record is Digital Realty OAK (720 2nd St), 0.9 miles away.

What are the flood, water and hazard risks at 596 William Street?

At the county level, FEMA's National Risk Index rates Alameda "Relatively High".

Full DC Readiness breakdown

All 13 weighted sub-scores (0–100) behind the composite DC Readiness score.

Power availability20%
30
Speed to power20%
43
Fiber connectivity12%
93
Energy cost10%
50
Water risk7%
24
Natural hazard6%
52
Buildability7%
50
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
100
Land / acreage3%
34
Construction cost3%
50
Gas pipeline2%
10
Tax incentive1%
0
Climate / cooling1%
75

Nearby comparable sites

Other scored datacenter candidate sites in Alameda, ranked by DC Readiness.

Sites near 596 William Street
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
TESLA Power ProjectBrownfield500 kV1,322 MW7.6 yrs66.5
NEWARK DISTRIBUTIONSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW7.6 yrs59.3
TESLASubstation-Adjacent500 kV1,000 MW7.6 yrs59.2
EASTSHORESubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW7.6 yrs58.7
LOS ESTEROSSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW7.6 yrs58.6
FREMONTSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW7.6 yrs58.4
Juniper Networks SunnyvaleBrownfield115 kV1 MW7.6 yrs58.1
CASTRO VALLEYSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW7.6 yrs57.5

596 William Street: common questions

What is the DC Readiness score of 596 William Street?

596 William Street scores 48.4/100 on the GridCensus DC Readiness scale, rated fair. It ranks 96th of 313 scored sites in Alameda. The Alameda average is 49.4 and the California average is 45.4.

Which electric utility serves 596 William Street?

PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO. (investor owned) holds the retail service territory that contains the site; its holding company is PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CORPORATION.

What grid region is 596 William Street in?

596 William Street is in the CAISO region. Projects interconnecting there have averaged a 7.6-year wait from queue request to operation.

How far is 596 William Street from an internet exchange?

The nearest internet exchange facility is Digital Realty OAK (720 2nd St), about 0.9 miles away; 12 fiber providers report service at the location.

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About this data

Source: GridCensus composite of HIFLD transmission and substation data, EIA, FEMA National Risk Index, FCC broadband data, PeeringDB and ISO interconnection queues, as published October 10, 2026 — GridCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: GridCensus, “596 William Street, Alameda, CA”, https://gridcensus.com/datacenter-sites/california/alameda/596-william-street-a2c08720 (data as of October 10, 2026).

Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.

Figures are screening estimates derived from public infrastructure data. Catalogued capacity reflects theoretical candidate capacity, not deliverable or committed interconnection. Confirm all values with the utility, ISO, and on-the-ground due diligence.

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