Gilroy residents question approval of Amazon data center; city council to discuss moratorium

News Clip7:40Spectrum News California·Gilroy, Santa Clara County, CA·9/14/2026

Residents in Gilroy, California are confronting the approval of a 438,500 square-foot Amazon data center, which was greenlit with little public notice and no city council vote. An online campaign has galvanized community opposition, leading to packed city council meetings and a scheduled discussion by the council on September 14 regarding a moratorium on future data centers in Gilroy.

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Residents of Gilroy, California are the latest community to confront the construction of a massive data center. The project was approved with little public notice and no city council vote was required. Now, some community members are waking up to the reality of a 438,500 square-foot Amazon Web Services data center and asking why they didn't know about it sooner. One of them is 21-year-old Landon Sepulveda, a leading face of the opposition. His online campaign against the center went viral and helped galvanize residents. City council meetings were suddenly packed with constituents demanding answers about who approved the center. Council members are meeting on September 14 to discuss a moratorium on future data centers in Gilroy. #Spectrumnews #California #News -------- 24/7 LIVE LOCAL NEWS --- FREE FOR SPECTRUM AND XFINITY CUSTOMERS Find your channel: http://specne.ws/2pC5NV -------- For more on this and the latest California news: http://specne.ws/LSGEp8 Watch live news: http://specne.ws/YTliveSN Get the Spectrum News App on all your favorite devices: http://specne.ws/GetSNApp2