{"id":504123,"date":"2026-10-22T11:16:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T11:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/504123\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T11:16:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T11:16:30","slug":"san-joses-proposed-data-center-rules-draw-criticism-over-environmental-protections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/504123\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose&#8217;s proposed data center rules draw criticism over environmental protections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">SAN JOSE IS CREATING development standards for future data center projects, but residents and advocates said they don\u2019t go far enough to protect their health and the environment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">City officials presented the draft standards for the first time Thursday in front of a packed audience at City Hall. Dozens of residents spoke during the\u00a0public comment portion of the meeting, which lasted nearly two hours. Cheers erupted from the audience as speakers called for a <a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosespotlight.com\/san-jose-residents-push-for-data-center-moratorium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">temporary moratorium<\/a> on data centers until the <a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosespotlight.com\/advocates-worry-san-jose-will-fast-track-data-centers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">standards are in place<\/a>. The City Council is expected to finalize the standards 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 regional 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":"SAN JOSE IS CREATING development standards for future data center projects, but residents and advocates said they don\u2019t&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2007,2080,19628,1335,6774,10872,173099,6974,46359,18913,13880,88,5500,194968,90,89,881,198,26899,1970,16505,36814,8327],"class_list":["post-504123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-data-centers","tag-development","tag-energy","tag-environmental-protection","tag-green-foothills","tag-labor-unions","tag-land-use","tag-pollution","tag-renewable-energy","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-city-council","tag-san-jose-clean-energy","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-spotlight","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-sierra-club","tag-technology","tag-urban-planning","tag-water-conservation","tag-zoning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504123","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=504123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}