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San Jose previews data center pipeline, business incentives and entertainment district planning
Summary
City staff outlined the 'Growing Our Economy' focus area: sector outreach that reported 1,300 jobs YTD, targets and pipeline for data centers/large energy projects (19 in the pipeline as of Sept 2025), downtown leasing incentives and business improvement district petitions, and initial entertainment district/convention center studies tied to 2026 activations. Council accepted the report after questions about community benefits, workforce pipelines and neighborhood activations.
City staff presented a broad update on the Growing Our Economy focus area, describing business attraction efforts, workforce initiatives, infrastructure readiness for data centers and the early stages of sports and entertainment district planning.
Jen Beck Baker, Director of the Office of Economic Development and Cultural Affairs, said outreach at industry events such as Semicon West contributed to '1,300 jobs' created year‑to‑date and identified priority sectors including AI analytics, GPUs/CPUs, robotics and physical AI applications. Staff discussed methods to document and attribute business 'wins' (retention, expansion, attraction) and plans to procure software tools for…
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