3+ hour, 33+ min ago   (347+ words) SAN JOSE — A special use permit was filed with the city for a three-story data center at a former industrial site in North San Jose, an area that hosts tech companies such as Google, Cisco and Apple. San Francisco-based real…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1152+ words) By Callie Holtermann, New York Times When Sadie Cisneros first heard about ChatGPT a couple of years ago, she figured it was harmless. Like many other high school students, Cisneros, 17, began using the chatbot regularly as a search engine and…...

3+ week, 19+ hour ago   (532+ words) SAN JOSE — A data center could rise on part of a long-time San Jose tech campus, according to a proposal that offers fresh evidence that the boom in these advanced computing hubs is still in its early stages as the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (202+ words) SAN JOSE — A two-story 152,700-square-foot data center could be built on a 10.1-acre site in South San Jose, according to public records. The request extends a surge of proposals to develop advanced computing hubs in the Bay Area’s largest city....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (984+ words) PITTSBURG — Facing mounting opposition to a data center whose first phase the City Council approved in 2024, Pittsburg’s city manager pledged Monday that future data center proposals would receive public hearings before the Planning Commission and council rather than potentially being…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (693+ words) Re: “Data centers face undue panic about mild resource impacts” (Page A6, July 30). In Mr. Philp’s recent “Unfounded Fear” piece, he glibly scolds opponents of unrestrained datacenter buildout for lack of objectivity. Philp: heal thyself. He presents alfalfa as a worse…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (795+ words) OAKLEY — Oakley officials are considering a permanent ban on data centers as the city works on updating zoning ordinances and tightening regulations to prevent development of the controversial facilities. With a temporary moratorium already in place, several councilmembers expressed support…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (648+ words) In May 2025, the Hayward Planning Commission, without a City Council vote, approved a “hyperscale” data center by STACK Infrastructure — a 310,000-square-foot facility with an electrical capacity equivalent to providing power to approximately 76,000 homes simultaneously. Concerns about oversight for such large…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (348+ words) SAN JOSE — A labor-backed group submitted an appeal for a proposed data center in North San Jose, claiming city planners failed to properly take California environmental rules into account when approving the project earlier this month. Through an administrative hearing,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (255+ words) SAN JOSE — City officials have approved a data center that would be developed inside a San Jose office building, fresh evidence of the municipality’s interest in attracting computer-intensive tech hubs. The data center is slated to be developed at 300 Holger…...