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Gilroy

American  
[gil-roi] / ˈgɪl rɔɪ /

noun

  1. a town in W California.


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Amazon Web Services applied to build the data center in 2020, after buying a swath of land between a Walmart Supercenter and the Gilroy Premium Outlets.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Amazon also handed out grants to local nonprofits and sponsored the annual Gilroy Garlic Festival, Bozzo said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Residents in Gilroy, Calif., are protesting a $2 billion Amazon data center that was approved without public meetings or votes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Bonta and LoPresti said that the building of an ICE facility in Gilroy signals a desire by the federal government to increase enforcement in the area.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

That reminds me, girls; the paper Uncle gave me as he was about to leave the train is a memo Mr. Gilroy sent, about what to take with us for this jaunt.

From Girl Scouts in the Rockies by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth

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