Microsoft Azure: Microsoft has submitted plans to construct two data centers in San Jose, California

Microsoft has applied to construct two data centers in San Jose, California. On August 17, the San Jose Council Planning Division will convene to discuss Microsoft's plans for a 65-acre site at 1657 Alviso-Milpitas Road. The company seeks permission to remove 79 trees to construct two single-story, 397,205-square-foot data center buildings, a substation, and 224 standby generators.

Microsoft acquired the land along Route 237 for approximately $73 million in 2017. The corporation planned to construct a 436,880-square-foot, 49.5MW data center by 2020. In addition to the Los Esteros Critical Energy Facility and substation, a natural gas microgrid is reportedly planned for the site.

The site is in close proximity to a number of Google offices and data centers, a church that Vantage plans to convert into a data center, and a recently proposed data center development site near TopGolf.

Microsoft plans to construct two five-story data centers on land it purchased last year near the intersection of Component Drive and Orchard Parkway, according to reports. In 2021, it acquired the 21-acre parcel for $78 million.