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Vacant SF mall could house data center, AI exhibit, and offices
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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A report surfaced Monday in the San Francisco Chronicle indicating that the space that was once home to San Francisco City Centre Mall is being eyed for development as a data center.
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The firm told the City of San Francisco that it is working with an unidentified partner who is interested in the 350,000-square-foot portion of the mall that was once home to a Bloomingdale's.
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A report surfaced Monday in the San Francisco Chronicle indicating that the space that was once home to San Francisco City Centre Mall is being eyed for development as a data center.
Developers propose turning San Francisco Centre into not a server-based facility but a ‘community-based AI exhibit’ Downtown San Francisco has shown signs of revival since being battered by the Covid pandemic, which led to what many called a “doom loop” of vacant buildings, a worsening homelessness …
San Francisco's closed downtown mall could be repurposed as an artificial intelligence hub, according to a new proposal to have public spaces on the lower floors remain open, while technology operations would be housed upstairs.
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