Amazon AWS SFO - Camino Arroyo 1

The Amazon AWS SFO - 8050 Camino Arroyo data center project in Gilroy, California, is a two-phase development on a 56-acre parcel. Phase I includes a 218,000 sq ft data center building (Building 1) with 25 emergency diesel generators and a 600 kW generator for essential functions. Phase II will feature a similar-sized data center building (Building 2) with backup power provided by emerging battery or fuel cell technology, and lithium-ion battery modules at each server rack. The project also includes a security building, a substation/switchyard, and offsite transmission upgrades. The project has undergone environmental review under CEQA, with two significant and unavoidable impacts identified: conversion of farmland and exceedance of VMT thresholds.