SAN JOSE — A major new power hub rising downtown could help San Jose meet surging electricity demand from artificial intelligence, data centers, and other energy-hungry industries, as part of a broader push to strengthen the grid in the Bay Area’s largest city.
LS Power broke ground Wednesday on what the company calls its Skyline terminal at 200 Ryland St., an electricity complex that will connect to PG&E’s adjacent Station B at 260 Coleman Ave. In 2023, an affiliate of LS Power paid $56.5 million for the 9.8-acre site.
Once complete and connected to the PG&E grid, the LS Power hub, coupled with other efforts, will help deliver an additional 1,000 megawatts of transmission capacity to San Jose and the surrounding area as part of a $2 billion South Bay project, according to LS Power CEO Paul Segal.
LS Power’s projects in the South Bay will create enough transmission capacity for 1 million homes, Segal told this news organization…