Santa Clara leaders are raising concerns about how the city’s dozens of data centers affect residents and the environment.

Santa Clara residents will see their electricity bill inch upward in the next year, as the city works on improving its power grid. While much of Silicon Valley relies on Pacific Gas and Electric ...

In the summer of 2022, Santa Clara University and Silicon Valley Power, the City of Santa Clara’s municipal electric utility, announced a new five-year Silicon Valley Power (SVP) Sustainable Futures ...

But the rise of data centers in Santa Clara has started putting a strain on the city’s power grid. Unlike other municipalities around it, the city runs its own utility company, Silicon Valley Power.

Silicon Valley ... geothermal power, and batteries. With the new JMUX order, SVP used money from a $2m pot that the City Council’s authorized in 2023. In a Santa Clara city report to council ...