SAN JOSE >> A new proposal looks to bring a data center to the Alviso district of north San Jose on empty land that once was slated to be part of a now-scuttled proposal for an entertainment district.

If approved by city officials, the project would be built on a site near Topgolf. The tech complex would consist of a three-story data center and three-story energy supply facility, according to documents on file with the San Jose Planning Department.

The development site totals about 9.3 acres, according to documents on file with the Santa Clara County Assessor’s Office.

This is the second time the property’s owner has floated the notion of a data center and energy supply hub on the site, which is bounded by North First Street, Anderson Alley, Top Golf Drive and Liberty Street.

Together, the two buildings would total 462,500 square feet if they are developed as currently proposed, according to planning documents. The data center is expected to total 295,100 square feet while the energy supply hub would be 167,400 square feet.

A previous proposal envisioned a project totaling 346,900 square feet, consisting of a two-story data center totaling 172,500 square feet and a power hub totaling 174,400 square feet. An affiliate of Terra Ventures that owns the property proposed both versions of the data center complex.

The current project, however, is dramatically different from the real estate firm’s original vision for the empty land.In 2018, Terra Ventures floated the idea for a vast entertainment district consisting of restaurants, shops, two hotels and a Topgolf complex. The Topgolf venue is the only component of the plan that became a reality.

One of the hotel sites, located at 7 Topgolf Dr., that was never developed, eventually landed in foreclosure and was seized by its lender. An affiliate of the lender now owns the property. In 2024, Los Angeles-based LH Housing proposed a residential project consisting of 780 affordable apartments on the 3.2-acre 7 Topgolf site.