Data center profile · North First Street at Anderson Alley, Top Golf Drive and Liberty Street, Alviso, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California

Terra Data Center (Alviso, San Jose)

Terra Ventures' three-story, 295,100 sq ft data center plan in San Jose's Alviso district, on Bloom Energy gas fuel cells, re-filed in Oct. 2026.

Re-filed, under city review. A Terra Ventures affiliate re-filed plans with San Jose's planning department in Oct. 2026, its second try after a smaller 2023 filing. No approval, MW figure, tenant or air permit for the fuel cells is on record.
295,100 sq ft
three-story data center in the re-filed plan
plus a 167,400 sq ft energy supply hub (press)
9.3 acres
site for the two buildings
next to the TopGolf in Alviso
Fuel cells
primary power: Bloom Energy units on natural gas
designed to run independently of the utility (developer materials)
Not published
campus power in MW
neither the designer nor the filing coverage states a figure
OperatorTerra Ventures affiliate (applicant); Arcadis (design and engineering)
CustomerNone named
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2029 or later (no dated power path yet); company says 2027.
Next stepCity review of the re-filed application, as San Jose finalizes new data-center rules (no date set)
Power

Power and the grid

Sources on record, size not disclosed

Getting on the grid

Permits

Permits checklist

1 pending · 2 checked, nothing on file

Approvals the campus and its fuel cells need, and what we found.

Risks

What could slow it down

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. 2018
    Site Terra Ventures pitches the site as the Shops @ Terra entertainment district News report · 2023
  2. 2021
    Site Only the TopGolf portion of that plan opens News report · 2023
  3. 2023
    Permits First data-center application: two stories, 172,500 sq ft, with an adjacent power plant News report · 2023
  4. 2025
    Site A design profile expects the campus to be completed in 2027 News report · 2025
  5. Oct. 2026
    Permits A Terra Ventures affiliate re-files a larger three-story plan with the city News report · Oct. 2026
  6. Oct. 15, 2026
    Site Alviso residents raise the site at a city meeting on data-center rules News report · Oct. 2026
The buildings

Specs

167,400 sq ft energy supply hub in the re-filed plan (press). News report · Oct. 2026

Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Developer
  • Terra Ventures: landowner group; an affiliate filed the application
  • Arcadis: design and engineering
Power
  • Bloom Energy: fuel-cell supplier
Government
  • City of San Jose: planning review
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

30 records from 8 documents

Drawn from news reports, company statements and state agency records, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 6Company 1State agency 1
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (7)
  • Self-sufficient microgrid operating independently of the local utility, natural-gas fuel cells as primary power, no backup generators, and a fuel-cell PPA; surplus power can feed back to the grid (Arcadis/AI Journal)
    “The power design revolves around establishing a self-sufficient microgrid that operates independently of the local utility.”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Source record
    “The applicant proposes to construct and operate the project, located at 1657 AlvisoMilpitas Road in San Jose, California.”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Project identity: Terra Data Center - Alviso district, north San Jose, CA; 9.3-acre site bounded by North First Street, Anderson Alley, Top Golf Drive and Liberty Street; re-filed application for a three-story, 295,100 s
    “Two buildings are planned on a 9.3-acre site bounded by North First Street, Anderson Alley, Top Golf Drive and Liberty Street.”
    News report · 2026 · grade C
  • Power design: natural gas Bloom Energy fuel cells as the primary source, grid-reactive, feeding DC power to racks, with absorption chillers on fuel cell heat; Phase 2 reserves a grid tie and battery storage (developer/de
    “the site will utilize natural gas-powered fuel cells from Bloom Energy that will be grid reactive. This will reportedly be the facility's primary power source”
    News report · 2026 · grade C
  • The microgrid is designed to operate independently of the local utility and eliminates backup diesel generators and bulky battery systems; the facility will feed surplus power back into the local grid.
    “it will operate on a natural gas-powered fuel cell microgrid, eliminating the need for backup diesel generators and bulky battery systems”
    News report · 2025 · grade C
  • First filing in 2023 proposed a two-story, 172,500 sq ft data center and adjacent power-generating facility on the site; the site was pitched in 2018 as the 'Shops @ Terra' entertainment district
    “This is the second time Terra has filed to build a data center on the site. The company first submitted an application to develop a two-story, 172,500 sq ft data center and adjacent power-generating facility back in 2023.”
    News report · 2023 · grade C
  • Site history: Shops @ Terra entertainment district pitched 2018 (37.7 acres; only TopGolf built, opened 2021); first data center application filed 2023 at 172,500 sq ft; superseded by the Oct 2026 re-filing
    “The company first submitted an application to develop a two-story, 172,500 sq ft (16,025 sqm) data center and adjacent power-generating facility back in 2023.”
    News report · 2023 · grade C
Permits and government (1)
  • San Jose is finalising new data center rules with 11 applications under review citywide (October 2026); Alviso residents are organising over cumulative impacts in the district
    “According to the city, there are currently 11 applications for data centers under review.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Legal (1)
  • Alviso residents raised the North 1st Street / Anderson Alley site at the Oct 15, 2026 city data-center meeting, citing proximity to homes and the library; no lawsuit or formal opposition filing specific to Terra was fou
    “He said there are rumors of a data center coming to the intersection of North 1st Street and Anderson Alley, right by the Top Golf site.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Site and other (4)
  • County code: 06085
    “Two buildings are planned on a 9.3-acre site bounded by North First Street, Anderson Alley, Top Golf Drive and Liberty Street.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Project status: announced application refiled no approval
    “Plans to develop a data center have been re-filed in San Jose, California.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Phase 2 will include a greenhouse heated by the data center and a retail center selling on-site-grown produce
    “a second phase of development will include a greenhouse heated by the data center, which will grow fruit and vegetables to be sold from an on-site community retail store.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Google's PG&E/CPUC arrangements in San Jose are likewise not Terra's; No figure from those projects belongs to this campus.
    “San Jose has also approved major data center projects, including a 99-megawatt campus at 4160 Zanker Road and 1657 Alviso-Milpitas Road”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C