Microsoft is developing a new data center campus on a 64.59-acre site in the Alviso neighborhood of Northern San Jose.
The San Jose Planning Commission approved this project in 2025. Microsoft first proposed the plan in 2019, but it was put on hold. It was later reviewed along with a request for parking exceptions from 2022.
The new campus will have two one-story data center buildings with office space, a new 115-kilovolt electrical substation, and a rebuilt visitor center.
To build the new data center, 79 trees will need to be removed. However, 273 new trees will be planted to replace them. The project also includes taking down and moving the current 1,440-square-foot Valley Water Purification Visitors Center.
Microsoft paid $73.2 million for the land on the western banks of Coyote Creek in September 2017.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Prologis: San Jose 1 |
Prologis’ Sustainable Technology, Engineering and Manufacturing (STEM) Park is a landmark 159-acre development in North San Jose designed to anchor the region’s growing AI and semiconductor sectors.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Prologis: San Jose 2 |
This facility is part of Prologis' data center campus in San Jose, California.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Prologis: San Jose 3 |
This facility is part of Prologis' data center campus in San Jose, California.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | 400 Holger Way, San Jose | |
| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Prologis: San Jose 4 |
This facility is part of Prologis' data center campus in San Jose, California.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | MicroLink: Bay Area, CA |
MicroLink is planning to build a data center in San Jose, California.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Menlo: 300 Holger Way |
A proposal has been approved for a data center at 300 Holger Way in North San Jose, California, though the official permit filings do not explicitly name the developer or operator.
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Campus exterior and data hall photography for this operator.
Campus exterior and data hall photography for this operator.
Campus exterior and data hall photography for this operator.
Microsoft uses Containers (called ITPACs) to build out its data centers. These Containers are Shipping Containers fitted with all the necessary climate control, networking, server racks and other hardware necessary to be a “mini” data center all in one.
An Azure region is a set of data centers deployed within a latency-defined perimeter and connected through a dedicated regional low-latency network.
With more global regions than any other cloud provider, Azure gives customers the flexibility to deploy applications where they need to. Azure is generally available in 46 regions around the world, with plans announced for 8 additional regions.
An Azure geography is a discrete market, typically containing two or more regions, that preserves data residency and compliance boundaries.
Geographies allow customers with specific data-residency and compliance needs to keep their data and applications close. Geographies are fault-tolerant to withstand complete region failure through their connection to our dedicated high-capacity networking infrastructure.
Availability Zones are physically separate locations within an Azure region. Each Availability Zone is made up of one or more data centers equipped with independent power, cooling, and networking.
Availability Zones allow customers to run mission-critical applications with high availability and low-latency replication.
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