China Mobile plans facility in San Jose

China Mobile Communications Corp, the world's largest mobile carrier by subscribers, has submitted a proposal to build a large data center and connecting office in Silicon Valley.

China Mobile International Ltd, the company's Hong Kong-based subsidiary, filed an application for a special use permit with the city of San Jose, California, on Oct 3, which currently remains under initial review, according to Cassandra van der Zweep, a San Jose urban planner.

The permit would allow the demolition of existing on-site buildings and the construction of a two-story, 20,180-square-meter data center with a connecting five-story, 6,040-sq-m office building, van der Zweep said. The existing facility on the plot covers 15,000 sq m.