If a data center is camouflaged in the woods, will anyone hate it?
San Antonio City Councilmember Ric Galvan recalls that data centers first arrived in the city in the 2000s and looked like relatively unassuming office buildings. That has changed in recent years, he said, as data centers have grown into massive "hyperscale" facilities spanning millions of square feet and housing the physical infrastructure for AI.
Galvan's district covers roughly 55 square miles and now contains more than a dozen data centers. He expects that number to grow to around 20 over the next few years if proposed projects are completed, according to his account.
The facilities are clustered along two main roads, which Galvan said concentrates nuisances in the same neighborhoods. He identified traffic as one of those nuisances.
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San Antonio City Councilmember Ric Galvan remembers when data centers first arrived in his city in the 2000s, looking like relatively unassuming office buildings. But that's changed in recent years, as data centers have grown into massive "hyperscale" facilities spanning millions of square feet and housing the physical infrastructure for AI. There are now more […]