Microsoft has been building such centers in San Antonio for more than a decade. Demand is on the rise as business use of cloud technology increases.
are moving ahead to build a fleet of data centers — the big-box buildings packed with rows of servers — as part of the digital infrastructure connecting people and businesses.
Demand for space in such centers is rising with the increasing number of businesses that use cloud-technology to manage their operations. “As more people and businesses rely upon technology to stay connected, informed, and productive, digital needs in Texas and around the globe are growing,”. “And that means the need for hyperscale datacenters is growing too.”
Generally, data centers have small staffs and aren’t a beacon of job openings. But San Antonio has been welcoming such facilities, which increase sales tax revenue and are major users of electricity. in San Antonio in 2005, a 427,000-square-foot facility in Westover Hills, a community also on the Far West Side but inside Loop 1604.to build a $1 billion, 1-million-square-foot data center about 5 miles west of Loop 1604In January 2022, the San Antonio City Council approved a variance to allow Microsoft to remove trees from the Stone Hill neighborhood to clear its path for another data center. In return, Microsoft said it would plant more than 800 trees and pay $1.
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