From: Nimisha Agrawal
To: Elizabeth Elliott
Cc: Afshan Hamid; Steve Le; Lesley Xavier
Subject: RE: Correspondence RE: Data Centers
Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 10:22:36 AM
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Elizabeth,
Afshan forwarded the three emails that were received specific to the data centers proposed on Related site, and I have saved them as part of public comments. This one seems for data centers city-wide. Steve is working on it with Lesley. Copying him here.
Thanks,
Nimisha Agrawal| Senior Planner
Community Development Department
1500 Warburton Avenue |
Santa Clara, CA 95050
O:408.615.2450 | D: 408.615.2467
From: Elizabeth Elliott <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 10:15 AM
To:
Lesley Xavier <[email protected]>; Nimisha Agrawal <[email protected]> Cc: Afshan Hamid <[email protected]>
Subject: Correspondence RE: Data Centers
Hi Lesley and Nimisha,
I just want to confirm that you are compiling and saving the correspondence received for the 5/20 Joint Study Session with CC and PC?
Thanks,
Elizabeth
From: PlanningCommission
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 10:13 AM
To:
Mary Grizzle Jovan Grogan <[email protected]>; Mayor and Council <
[email protected]>
Cc: PlanningCommission <[email protected]>; Afshan Hamid <[email protected]>; Lesley Xavier <[email protected]>; Nimisha Agrawal <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: Data Centers
Good Morning Mary,
This is to confirm your email has been received in the Planning Division and will be provided to Correspondence
5/20/25 City Council Meeting
Data Center Study Session
RTC 25-448
Planning Commissioners for their information.
Thank you for taking the time to provide your input.
Regards,
ELIZABETH ELLIOTT | Staff Aide II
Community Development Department | Planning Division
1500 Warburton Avenue | Santa Clara, CA 95050
O : 408.615.2450 Direct : 408.615.2474
From: Mary Grizzle
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 10:00 AM
To: Jovan Grogan <[email protected]
>; Mayor and Council
<[email protected]>
Cc: PlanningCommission <[email protected]> Subject: Data Centers
Honorable Mayor and Councilmembers,
I’m here today to express strong opposition to the continued approval and expansion of data centers in Santa Clara.
Our city has become a magnet for these massive, windowless buildings—many of which are built on prime land that could be used for housing, public services, or a long- overdue, vibrant downtown. These data centers consume acres of land, provide very few jobs, and return little in the way of civic or cultural benefit.
They don’t bring life to our neighborhoods. They bring noise, diesel emissions from backup generators, enormous water and energy consumption, and they offer no walkability, no retail, and no “there there” for the people who call Santa Clara home.
The continued overreliance on data centers is a short-term economic strategy with long- term consequences. Each one we approve is a lost opportunity to build housing, local businesses, parks, or public facilities like a new City Hall or courthouse that would serve real people, not servers.
As a lifelong advocate for our community, I urge you to consider this: Do we want Santa Clara to be a hub of community life—or a hub of warehouses for tech giants?
I ask this Council to pause further approvals of data centers and begin a serious conversation about long-term land use priorities that benefit residents, not just corporations.
Respectfully,
Mary Grizzle