San Francisco Bay Area Data Center Market

The San Francisco Bay Area data center market is located in the state of California within Americas. San Francisco Bay Area has 131 facilities with 4,586,223 sqft and 789 megawatts.

The top providers in San Francisco Bay Area are Digital Realty Trust (20 sites) and Equinix with 14 facilities. The most popular facilities are Equinix Palo Alto SV8 and Equinix San Jose Campus SV1, SV5, & SV10.

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Data Centers in San Francisco Bay Area

Name Address Gross SqFt Type
Layer 42 Mountain View 1555 Plymouth St Owned by a Carrier, but operates as Carrier-Neutral
Cyxtera Sunnyvale SN1 1400 Kifer Road 76,573 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
CoreSite SV4 2972 Stender Way 100,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
CoreSite SV1 55 S Market 55 S Market Street 85,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
641 Walsh - Digital Realty 641 Walsh Ave Carrier-Neutral
Equinix San Jose Campus SV1, SV5, & SV10 11 Great Oaks Boulevard Carrier-Neutral
Prime: 1231 Comstock 1231 Comstock St Carrier-Neutral
Equinix Palo Alto SV8 529 Bryant Street 45,319 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Vantage Santa Clara SC1 2820 Northwestern Parkway 375,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Equinix Santa Clara SV16 3000 Corvin Drive 15,290 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
NTT Silicon Valley SV1 1160 Walsh St. 64,000 Gross SqFt Owned by a Carrier, but operates as Carrier-Neutral
365 San Jose 534 Stockton Avenue 15,819 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
AT&T Palo Alto 350 Hamilton Avenue Carrier
Amazon 2305 Mission College Blvd Street Address
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STACK SVY01B 2001 Fortune Dr Carrier-Neutral
Cerulean San Jose 250 Stockton Ave 97,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Digital Realty: SJC14 1500 Space Park Dr Carrier-Neutral
Lumen Emeryville 1 5000 Hollis Street Carrier
3011 Lafayette - Digital Realty 3011 Lafayette Street Carrier-Neutral
Atlantic Metro San Jose SJC1 55 S Market St Carrier-Neutral
XO: 651 Brannan 651 Brannan Street Carrier
1201 Comstock - Digital Realty 1201 Comstock Street 24,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
CoreSite SV7 3020 Coronado Drive 75,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
3105 Alfred - Digital Realty 3105 Alfred St 27,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Cyxtera Santa Clara SC9 4650 Old Ironsides 124,383 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Novva: San Francisco 400 Paul Ave Carrier-Neutral
Verizon San Francisco 109,000 Gross SqFt Carrier
150 S 1st 150 South First Street Real Estate
Cyxtera Santa Clara SC4 2401 Walsh Ave 100,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
400 Paul Ave (1547) 400 Paul Ave Carrier-Neutral
Equinix Sunnyvale SV4 255 Caspian Drive 119,756 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Equinix SV11 5 Great Oaks Blvd 61,134 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
OpenColo 3223 Kenneth St 71,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
2403 Walsh - Digital Realty 2403 Walsh Avenue 103,940 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Lumen Sunnyvale 1 1380 Kifer Road Carrier
Fibernet San Jose 250 Stockton Avenue 94,750 Gross SqFt MSP
Colovore 1101 Space Park Dr 24,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
1525 Comstock - Digital Realty 1525 Comstock St 29,234 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
3205 Alfred - Digital Realty 3205 Alfred St Carrier-Neutral
1100 Space Park (SCL1) Digital Realty 1100 Space Park Drive 167,951 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Lumen Hayward 1 23965 Connecticut St Carrier
Equinix Santa Clara SV17 3030 Corvin Drive 95,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
XO Fremont 47923 Warm Springs Blvd Carrier
STACK SVY02A 1100 Memorex Dr Carrier-Neutral
Cogent Oakland 1624 Franklin Street 17,000 Gross SqFt Carrier
H5 San Jose 2030 Fortune Dr 30,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
XO: 200 Paul 200 Paul Avenue Carrier
Bowers Data Center 2805 Bowers Ave Real Estate
Equinix Sunnyvale SV6 444 Toyama Drive 32,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Lumen Santa Clara 3045 Raymond Street 50,000 Gross SqFt Carrier
Hurricane San Jose 55 South Market Street 3,000 Gross SqFt Carrier
200 Paul (SFR1) Digital Realty 200 Paul Avenue 425,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
720 2nd - Digital Realty 720 2nd Street 122,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Tata San Francisco 1100 Space Park Drive 60,000 Gross SqFt Carrier
2805 Lafayette Street: Digital Realty 2805 Lafayette Street 145,780 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
United Layer-SF7 200 Paul Avenue 5,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
34551 Ardenwood 34551 Ardenwood Boulevard
Equinix San Jose SV13 2030 Fortune Drive 35,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Colocation America - San Francisco 200 Paul Ave Carrier-Neutral
Santa Clara (SC1) Digital Realty 2220 De La Cruz Blvd 360,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
2401 Walsh - Digital Realty 2401 Walsh Avenue Carrier-Neutral
1055 Page Ave 1055 Page Ave Real Estate
Cyxtera Santa Clara SC8 4700 Old Ironsides Dr 90,139 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
CoreSite Santa Clara Campus Carrier-Neutral
Equinix Santa Clara SV15 2970 Corvin Drive 28,498 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
2045 & 2055 Lafayette - Digital Realty 2055 Lafayette Street 300,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Cyrusone Santa Clara 2600 De La Cruz Blvd Carrier-Neutral
QTS Santa Clara 2807 Mission College Boulevard 80,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
United Layer-SF8 200 Paul Avenue 2,500 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Cyxtera Sunnyvale SN2 1400 Kifer Road 24,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
T5@Silicon Valley (Newark) 39800 Eureka Dr 75,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Rackspace San Jose SJC2 Street Address
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65,000 Gross SqFt Hyperscale
1500 Space Park - Digital Realty 1500 Space Park Drive 51,615 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
DataBank Santa Clara SFO1 5101 Lafayette Street 26,900 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Hurricane Electric Fremont 2 48233 Warm Springs Boulevard 208,000 Gross SqFt Carrier
ColoCrossing SJ1 55 S. Market Street Carrier-Neutral
Intel Santa Clara D2P3 2200 Mission College Blvd Enterprise
Internap Oakland 720 2nd Street 6,250 Gross SqFt Carrier
Evocative Santa Clara SJC11 2151 Mission College Boulevard 73,000 Gross SqFt MSP
Equinix San Jose SV3 1735 Lundy Avenue 103,420 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Cologix Santa Clara 2050 Martin Ave 83,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
CoreSite SV8 3045 Stender Way 108,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
VPLS SV7 534 Stockton Ave 21,000 Gross SqFt MSP
Fortress Data Center San Francisco SF1 274 Brannan St 5,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Terremark Pleasanton 5667 Gibraltar Drive 21,000 Gross SqFt Carrier
Equinix Santa Clara SV2 1350 Duane Avenue 160,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
STACK Silicon Valley SVY01 2001 Fortune Drive 80,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
China Mobile San Jose (Proposed) 6320 San Ignacio Ave Mobile
Cyxtera Santa Clara SC5 2403 Walsh Ave 103,940 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Lumen San Francisco (200 Paul) 200 Paul Avenue 11,000 Gross SqFt Carrier
Vantage Santa Clara SC2 725 Mathew St Carrier-Neutral
1725 Comstock - Digital Realty 1725 Comstock St 21,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
2950 Zanker 2950 Zanker Rd Real Estate
Skybox Santa Clara 1200 Memorex Dr Carrier-Neutral
47700 Kato Road 47700 Kato Road Real Estate
VPLS Emeryville EM1 1400 65th Street 15,042 Gross SqFt MSP
United Layer-SF9 200 Paul Avenue 35,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
4650 Old Ironsides 4650 Old Ironsides Drive 84,383 Gross SqFt Real Estate
EdgeConneX Santa Clara 1700 Richard Avenue 19,800 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Evocative Santa Clara SJC14 1525 Comstock Street 7,500 Gross SqFt MSP
Equinix SV10 7 Great Oaks Blvd 107,920 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Hosting.com San Francisco 630 3rd St Carrier-Neutral
Element Critical SV1 1360 Kifer Road 56,773 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
2334 Lundy Place - Digital Realty 2334 Lundy Place 130,752 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
365 Main (SFR2) Digital Realty 365 Main Street 226,981 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
360 Spear 360 Spear Street 154,950 Gross SqFt
Menlo: Bryant Street Landlord 529 Bryant Street Real Estate
EdgeConneX: 1600 Memorex 1600 Memorex Dr Carrier-Neutral
Prime Santa Clara (Martin) 2215 Martin Ave Carrier-Neutral
ColoServe San Francisco 360 Spear Street 20,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
CoreSite Milpitas SV2 1656 McCarthy Boulevard 76,676 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
CoreSite SV6 3001 Coronado Drive 65,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
AT&T Hayward 221 W Winton Ave Carrier
Layer42 Santa Clara 3080 Raymond St Owned by a Carrier, but operates as Carrier-Neutral
Prime Hayward 26415 Corporate Avenue. Hayward 145,850 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Prime Santa Clara 1111 Comstock Street 120,995 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Equinix SV5 9 Great Oaks Blvd 93,498 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
China Telecom Santa Clara 2805 Mission College Blvd Carrier
CoreSite SV9 2905 Stender Way Carrier-Neutral
NaviSite Santa Clara 2720 Zanker Rd 25,000 Gross SqFt Owned by a Carrier, but operates as Carrier-Neutral
Equinix Santa Clara SV14 2960 Corvin Drive 6,507 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Lumen San Francisco 1 185 Berry Street 57,695 Gross SqFt Carrier
Microsoft San Jose (Prospective) Street Address
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Hyperscale
EdgeCore Silicon Valley 2201 Laurelwood Road Carrier-Neutral
CoreSite SV3 2901 Coronado Drive 50,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
CoreSite SV5 2900 Stender Way 50,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
4700 Old Ironsides 4700 Old Ironsides Road 90,139 Gross SqFt Real Estate
ColoXchange Sunnyvale 1360 Kifer Road 35,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral
Hurricane Electric Fremont 1 760 Mission Court 45,000 Gross SqFt Carrier
400 Holger Way, San Jose 400 Holger Way 25,000 Gross SqFt Real Estate
2820 Northwestern - Digital Realty 2820 Northwestern Pkwy 38,000 Gross SqFt Carrier-Neutral

Largest Providers in San Francisco Bay Area

Digital Realty Trust
Facilities: 20
Power: 230 MWs
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Equinix
Facilities: 14
Power: 76 MWs
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CoreSite
Facilities: 10
Power: 65 MWs
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Lumen Technologies
Facilities: 6
Power: 12 MWs
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Largest Data Centers in San Francisco Bay Area

Location Total SqFt Gross SqFt Power (MW)
Vantage Santa Clara SC1 0 SqFt
375,000 SqFt
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641 Walsh - Digital Realty 430,000 SqFt
0 SqFt
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Santa Clara (SC1) Digital Realty 0 SqFt
360,000 SqFt
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STACK SVY01B 240,000 SqFt
0 SqFt
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2045 & 2055 Lafayette - Digital Realty 0 SqFt
300,000 SqFt
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Sites Under Construction in San Francisco Bay Area

Location Building SqFt Gross SqFt Power (MW) Estimated Launch
Prime: 1231 Comstock 119,000 SqFt ??? NN
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02/01/25
Amazon 2305 Mission College Blvd 358,000 SqFt ??? NN
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12/01/23
Novva: San Francisco ??? NN
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08/01/26
400 Paul Ave (1547) 187,000 SqFt ??? NN
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STACK SVY02A 560,000 SqFt ??? NN
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Bowers Data Center 244,068 SqFt ??? NN
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Cyrusone Santa Clara 703,450 SqFt ??? NN
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07/01/25
Skybox Santa Clara 564,789 SqFt ??? NN
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02/01/26
CoreSite SV9 240,000 SqFt ??? NN
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03/01/24
EdgeCore Silicon Valley 255,200 SqFt ??? NN
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03/01/24

Regions in San Francisco Bay Area

Industry Events
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Conference NVIDIA GTC 24 photo 03/17/24 - 03/21/24 NVIDIA GTC 24 San Francisco Bay Area Data center
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About This Metro

Bay Area Sub-Markets

The San Francisco Bay Area is also known as Bay Area or SFBA. The Bay Area includes three (3) submarkets.

  • San Francisco
  • East Bay, which includes the area East of the Bay including, Oakland
  • South Bay (aka Silicon Valley) includes the Peninsula and South Bay. Major South Bay cities are San Jose, Palo Alto, Santa Clara. The greatest concentration of data centers is in the South Bay.


Hazardous Risk Profile:

There is an ever present risk of Earthquakes through out the Bay Area. Although seismic risk remains constant, many of the Silicon Valley tech companies have chosen to colocate near their headquarters.

Data center providers have invested capital to mitigate the risk to their buildings if major earthquake occurred, however, a major earthquake can make it difficult to reach the data center. Additionally, power feeds and fiber cuts happen, leaving the data center isolated.



Tax Incentives:

The State of California does not provide tax abatement incentives for data centers. However local municipalities do offer incentives. For example, there is no city user tax in the City of Santa Clara, which is worth a 5% savings.



Electric Utility:

The Bay Area Industrial Power rates average between 9 and 16 cents per kWh. A shining star in the market is Santa Clara. The city has created a building boom for data centers with its low power rates.

Silicon Valley Power, a not-for-profit municipal electric utility, provides industrial electricity at rates 20 to 40% lower than the Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) service areas. Silicon Valley Power is owned and operated by the City of Santa Clara.



Silicon Valley's Network Connectivity

The Silicon Valley metro area enjoys good network connectivity due to the number of Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) and Interconnection Hubs. Equinix runs the two largest IXPs, First and since its founding,

Equinix has run the Equinix Exchange which extends to many of the Equinix sites in the metro. Second, the PAIX, which is the Palo Alto Internet Exchange. The PAIX has a long history which started in the 529 Bryant Street Building. It was a competitor to Equinix Exchange until Equinix acquired Switch and Data in 2010. The SFBA is fortunate to also have non-profit exchanges in the Bay Area. The non-profit IXPs SFMIX and AMS-IX BA are smaller but provide healthy competition.

The following buildings have the best connectivity (ranked by number of networks)

  • Equinix San Jose campus (SV1, SV2, SV10)
  • Equinix Palo Alto (SV8)
  • CoreSite San Jose (SV1)
  • 200 Paul (Digital Realty)


San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland CSA Demographics

The Bay Area MSA has a population of over 8.8 million people. The CSA stretches from Wine Country in the North to Silicon Valley in the South and counties near Oakland to the East. (Source: Wikipedia



Colocation Providers with more than 1 Site:

  • Equinix
  • Internap
  • Digital Realty (via Telx data center acquisition)
  • CoreSite has a large multi-building campus in Santa Clara, plus 55 S Market in San Jose and Milpitas.
  • CenturyLink (via Level3) have multiple sites that offer retail data center space.


Single Site SFBA Colocation Providers

  • EdgeconneX, H5, and Hurricane Electric, and vXchnge have a single data center in the region.


Wholesale Data Center Providers

Despite the higher electrical utility costs, there are many wholesale data center providers in the Bay Area.

  • Digital Realty: After swallowing up Dupont Fabros (DFT) and Telx, Digital is the largest wholesale data center provider in the SFBA.
  • Vantage Data Centers is building their 2nd campus in Santa Clara
  • CoreSite's Santa Clara campus continues to expand

Files

File Date Added Description Actions
DCF-Silicon-Valley-Data-Center-Market-Report.pdf August 2019

DCF SFBA Market Overview

h2-2018-jll-Northern_California-data-center-outlook-v4.pdf August 2019

JLL's Northern California data center outlook (H2 2018)