{"id":402275,"date":"2026-07-17T14:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/402275\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T14:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:35:09","slug":"san-jose-approves-data-center-that-would-occupy-big-office-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/402275\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose approves data center that would occupy big office building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN JOSE \u2014 City officials have approved a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressdemocrat.com\/tag\/data\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">data center<\/a> that would be developed inside a San Jose office building, fresh evidence of the municipality\u2019s interest in attracting computer-intensive tech hubs.<\/p>\n<p>The data center is slated to be developed at 300 Holger Way in north San Jose, according to city documents. The building occupies a 4.9-acre site.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2026\/06\/04\/amazon-data-center-south-bay-gilroy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon data center rises in Gilroy. Residents say they were left in the dark<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2025\/03\/31\/san-jose-tech-data-build-develop-ai-property-real-estate-economy-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">artificial intelligence revolution has intensified interest in data center<\/a> projects in San Jose, with proposals for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2026\/07\/08\/san-jose-tech-property-data-economy-ai-build-real-estate-develop-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">tech hubs in the works<\/a> in multiple locations in the city.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose city staffers approved the 300 Holger Way data center project on July 8. Residents, however, have until July 20 to appeal the decision, a municipal planning official told this news organization.<\/p>\n<p>Menlo Equities, a Bay Area real estate firm that owns the property through an affiliate, filed the data center proposal in 2025, planning files show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo changes to the existing site or building exterior are proposed,\u201d a city planning document states.<\/p>\n<p>The footprint of the research and development building won\u2019t be altered as a result of the project.<\/p>\n<p>The building where the data center would be developed totals 97,800 square feet, according to the development plans for the tech hub.<\/p>\n<p>An estimated 85% of the building would be developed as \u201ccomputer equipment space,\u201d the development plans state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe proposed improvements are limited to interior tenant improvements, including the installation of data racks,\u201d according to the project proposal.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE \u2014 City officials have approved a data center that would be developed inside a San Jose&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[7,8,1279,100,88,90,89],"class_list":["post-402275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-california","tag-california-news","tag-data","tag-news","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}