Goodman Innovation Centre San Jose In review
Two-building, 414,000 sq ft data center campus (97MW) on 45.8-acre infill site bought for $200M; expected operational 2028.
Key facts
- Operator
- Goodman Group
- Size
- 97 MW
- Acres
- 46
- Location
- San Jose, California
- Stage today
- In review
What to do next
Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.
What has happened so far (5 events)
- 2023-04-03environmental
City of San Jose released an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for the 350 West Trimble Road Project, covering a rezoning and Planned Development Permit for a 208,000 sq ft manufacturing and assembly building on the 10.9-acre parcel. · source - 2023-08-16rezoning
San Jose Planning Commission approved LBA Realty industrial project at 350 West Trimble Road: a 208,000 sq ft manufacturing/assembly building with 15 loading docks, removing 57 trees. · source - 2025-10-02financing
A Goodman Group affiliate bought the 45.8-acre site at 350 and 370 West Trimble Road from an LBA Realty affiliate in an all-cash $200 million deal. · source - 2025-10-30announcement
Goodman Group announced plans to redevelop the acquired Trimble Road site into the Goodman Innovation Centre San Jose, a two-building data center campus totaling roughly 414,000 sq ft with up to 97.3 MW of power available by 2028. · source - 2026-08-13coverage
KQED reported that a proposed data center on West Trimble Road in San Jose would remove 224 trees to build a facility with 21 backup generators and a private electrical substation, cited amid broader resident concerns over water, power-grid strain, and health impacts. · source
Find the paper trail
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)
State environmental permits
Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.
- California — permits issued by 35 local air districtsThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
- CEQAnet (CEQA filings by lead agency)Searchable public filings — search the operator, the shell LLC on the deed, and the address.
County & town filings
The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.
- Search San Jose planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
- Search San Jose property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.
Utility & grid records
The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.
- CAISO (California) — interconnection queueRequested megawatts, queue position and target in-service date. The MW here is the real number; the one at the town meeting is often phase one.
- California Public Utilities Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
- FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
- Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.
Federal databases
Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.
- EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
- EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
- EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.
These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.
Around here
- California briefing — rates, grid carbon, PUC contacts.
Other tracked projects in California
- Imperial Valley Data Center — Imperial County Blocked by ban
- Tulare County Data Center (moratorium) — Tulare County In review
Cite this page: GridWatch AI, “Goodman Innovation Centre San Jose”, aigridwatch.com/projects/goodman-san-jose-ca, retrieved 2026-10-11.
As of August 2026 (2m ago) · changes weekly — re-check before citing
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