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Google plans major data center in North San Jose

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Google is planning to construct a large data center in North San Jose, California. The project, located at 5079 and 5087 Disk Drive, involves demolishing existing structures to build up to three R&D facilities spanning nearly 483,000 square feet. The proposed data center would have a significant power capacity of 250 megawatts, enough to power approximately 250,000 homes. AI

IMPACT This expansion of Google's data center infrastructure could support increased AI model training and deployment.

RANK_REASON Significant infrastructure project by a major tech company. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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Google plans major data center in North San Jose

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    San Jose Spotlight: Is Google hiding a data center project in North San Jose?. “The tech giant’s plans at 5079 and 5087 Disk Drive call for demolishing an exist

    San Jose Spotlight: Is Google hiding a data center project in North San Jose?. “The tech giant’s plans at 5079 and 5087 Disk Drive call for demolishing an existing warehouse and parking lot to construct up to three research and development (R&D) facilities across nearly 483,000 s…

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