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US DataPort Runs Toward Final Hurdle for Self-Sustaining, $800-Mil Data Center

SAN JOSE, CA-A California Energy Commission hearing is "the next milestone" for US DataPort's 2-million-sf suite of Internet hotels, proposed for a 154-acre parcel in the northern part of the city.

By Allison Landa | Updated on January 24, 2001

SAN JOSE, CA-Locally based US DataPort’s proposal for an $80-million data center development in North San Jose faces a Feb. 7 hearing before the California Energy Commission. The 2-million-sf campus received approval from the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors earlier this month. The project would be marketed to high-tech firms in need of Internet hosting facilities.

The center is slated for a 154-acre North San Jose parcel near the intersection of Highway 237 and Zanker Road near the Milpitas city line. It would consist of between 10 and 20 buildings, each ranging from 50,000 sf to 200,000 sf. The project was originally scheduled to go before the Energy Commission today but was delayed at the request of DataPort’s attorney, according to Commission spokeswoman Suzanne Garfield.

Officially launched in January 2000 by president John Sedgwick and Kimball Small of Kimball Small Properties, DataPort has had a strategic relationship since late 1999 with Calpine Corp. that in November saw its proposed Metcalf Energy Center in South San Jose denied by the City Council. If DataPort’s development is approved, its senior vice president of business development Lewis Shadle says Calpine will build and manage a dedicated 21-acre, 50-megawatt energy facility for the data center.

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