PG&E Project Aims to Ease AI Computing Need and Housing Shortage
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California utility giant PG&E Corp. plans to partner with a developer to build a zero-carbon data center and residential project in downtown San Jose to meet Silicon Valley’s growing demands for housing and artificial-intelligence computing.
The project would include three new data centers and as many as 4,000 residential units within the city’s center, according to a statement from PG&E and real estate developer Westbank. The plan includes a system that would capture excess heat from the data centers and send it through pipes to nearby buildings for heating and hot water. The companies declined to disclose the project’s cost.