{"id":436071,"date":"2026-08-18T07:48:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T07:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/436071\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T07:48:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T07:48:57","slug":"san-jose-debates-data-center-moratorium-while-new-review-standards-take-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/436071\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose debates data center moratorium while new review standards take shape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">AS SAN JOSE HAMMERS OUT local review standards for data center projects, some residents are calling for the city to follow the lead of other jurisdictions and enact an immediate moratorium on new developments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposed standards are expected to address widespread concerns that a glut of new projects working their way through the city\u2019s development pipeline could\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosespotlight.com\/south-bay-data-centers-present-environmental-challenges\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">overwhelm local water<\/a>\u00a0and power infrastructure and cause other environmental harms. Staff are in the process of drawing feedback from residents as they\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosespotlight.com\/san-jose-wants-to-set-standards-for-data-center-development\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">draft the standards<\/a>, which are expected to also include requirements related to air quality, noise pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and public outreach. The package is expected to go before the City Council in December.<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading for FREE<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">This is NOT a paywall. We just want to make sure you\u2019re a human. Sign in to read this story and receive the weekly roundup in your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Success! Your account was created and you\u2019re signed in.<br \/>Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/localnewsmatters.org\/my-account\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My Account<\/a> to manage your account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AS SAN JOSE HAMMERS OUT local review standards for data center projects, some residents are calling for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2080,173097,173098,19628,63948,1335,15511,643,173099,8076,21149,3604,88,90,89,881,1970],"class_list":["post-436071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-carolina-camarena","tag-data-center-coalition","tag-data-centers","tag-david-cohen","tag-development","tag-electricity","tag-environment","tag-green-foothills","tag-infrastructure","tag-mayor-matt-mahan","tag-pge","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-spotlight","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436071","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=436071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}