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San Jose moves to create data center standards amid community concerns
San Jose is pushing ahead to create standards for data centers amid community angst around health and environmental impacts — though advocates said it’s too soon to tell whether these standards will protect residents or fast track approvals. At the Rules and Open Government Committee meeting last week, Councilmembers David Cohen, Rosemary Kamei, Bien Doan, Domingo Candelas and […] The post San Jose moves to create data center standards amid community concerns appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, San Jose moves to create data center standards amid community concerns, San Jose is pushing ahead to create standards for data centers amid community angst around health and environmental impacts — though advocates said it’s too soon to tell whether these standards will protect residents or fast track approvals. At the Rules and Open Government Committee meeting last week, Councilmembers David Cohen, Rosemary Kamei, Bien Doan, Domingo Candelas and […] The post San Jose moves to create data center standards amid community concerns appeared first on Local News Matters .
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