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Council opens pathway for two Westbank mixed housing-and-data-center projects; requires housing start before full data-center operation
Summary
The council reviewed two Westbank proposals under a new Innovative Project Pathway and signaled support, with conditions including that residential construction begin before data centers operate and that staff explore dedicating a portion of future revenues to arts and cultural activation.
The San Jose City Council on April 8 used an early-review process created last year to evaluate two Westbank proposals that pair data centers with residential towers in downtown San Jose and gave staff direction to proceed with tailored approvals if the projects meet conditions endorsed by council members.
Westbank representatives described the projects as a way to finance dense housing and district energy infrastructure by pairing residential towers with data centers whose waste heat can be reused for heating and hot water. "We think housing is actually the most important thing for the AI economy," Andrew (Westbank) told the council and described district-energy examples built in Vancouver where waste heat powers nearby development.
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