San Antonio: 160 acres sold to Microsoft for 1.2M-SF data center

SAN ANTONIO - Microsoft Corp. has acquired 158 acres of Texas Research Park real estate controlled by the Texas Research & Technology Foundation (TRTF). 

TRTF officials said the company plans to develop one of the largest data centers in the country at the far West San Antonio site.

Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft plans to break ground in January 2016 on an eight-building data center development encompassing roughly 1.2 to 1.3 million sf, said TRTF President York Duncan.

Construction will consist of four phases stretched out over a five-year period. 

Work is expected to create as many as 900 construction jobs.

Duncan said that after Microsoft’s purchase, there is still 450 acres available.

The plan, Dublin said, is to sell the balance of real estate over five years, if not sooner, and to create a perpetual fund to support early-stage companies.

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