REPORT TO THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
Title
File #: 2018-7227
Location: 444 Toyama Drive (APN: 110-14-200)
Applicant / Owner: Bloomenergy (applicant) / Digital-Pr Toyama Llc (owner)
Proposed Project:
VARIANCE to allow an installation of mechanical equipment (four Bloom Energy Servers/cabinets) in between face of the building and the street.
Reason for Permit: A Variance from Sunnyvale Municipal Code Section (SMC 19.48.100) is required for mechanical equipment to be located between the face of the building and the street.
Project Planner: Sh?tal Divatia, Senior Planner, (408) 730-737, sdivatia@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Recommendation: Approve with conditions
Report
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The site is the location of Equinix Data Center which is a high energy consuming data center. The applicant (Bloomenergy) proposes to install four servers and ancillary equipment in an enclosure between the face of the existing office/industrial building and the street. According to the applicant, the proposed servers provide a reliable, cleaner and cheaper energy source to a high energy consuming data center such as the project site.
Each server is a series of modules which appear like steel cabinets. Each module is square in shape and is 7' tall, 4'3" wide and 4'3" deep. The proposal has four rows of modules (with the modules being placed back to back in rows of two). The proposal also includes a new landscaped strip which will include new plantings and undergrounding of utility lines to and from the servers.
The servers and the ancillary equipment will be enclosed by a 10-foot-tall wall on three sides. The enclosure wall is made of glass blocks and stucco and will be painted to match the building's exterior color. The interior of the enclosure includes sound deadening material (Acoustiblok) to help with noise absorption. See proposed plans in Attachment 5 and 6.
Project Data Table
Existing
Proposed
Required
General Plan:
High Density Residential
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Zoning District:
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