{"id":508088,"date":"2026-10-26T04:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T04:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/508088\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T04:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T04:24:16","slug":"san-jose-rejects-appeal-of-nvidia-data-center-permit-as-environmental-concerns-persist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/508088\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose rejects appeal of NVIDIA data center permit as environmental concerns persist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">A PROPOSAL TO RECLASSIFY a research facility in North San Jose as a data center is moving forward, after the San Jose\u00a0City Council rejected an appeal attempting to block the project on environmental grounds, amid a citywide backlash against data center developments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Councilmembers voted unanimously Tuesday \u2014 with Councilmember Peter Ortiz absent and Vice Mayor Pam Foley recused due to a financial conflict of interest \u2014 to quash the appeal from a coalition of labor groups and concerned residents. They sought to overturn city planners\u2019 July 8 decision to approve a special use permit to operate a data center using up to 20 megawatts of power within an existing research and development building at 300 Holger Way. The permit would allow for interior improvements including the installation of data racks.<\/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":"A PROPOSAL TO RECLASSIFY a research facility in North San Jose as a data center is moving forward,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2080,196061,19628,63948,15556,15511,177227,13948,21298,196062,63950,10651,33133,14703,88,5500,90,89,881,198,1970],"class_list":["post-508088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-citizens-for-responsible-industry","tag-data-centers","tag-david-cohen","tag-economic-development","tag-electricity","tag-energy-use","tag-environmental-impact","tag-environmental-review","tag-menlo-equities","tag-mothers-out-front-silicon-valley","tag-nvidia","tag-pam-foley","tag-peter-ortiz","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-city-council","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-spotlight","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508088","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=508088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}