Google’s 80-acre megacampus will take over a chunk of San Jose
Google does not yet know the cost of the 10- to 30-year construction project
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Google has gotten approval to build a "multi-billion dollar megacampus" in San Jose, California, just 10 miles away from the other giant campus the company is building in Mountain View. CNBC reports that city officials approved Google's "Downtown West" project on Tuesday night.
Santa Clara was overruled by the city council's unanimous vote. Concern about building heights is pretty much the cause of all the housing problems in Silicon Valley. As the world's biggest tech hub, the area could support giant skyscrapers, but local politics prevent them from being built. San Jose is the most populous city in the US with no buildings of 300 feet (91 m) or higher. The city's tallest building, "The 88," only has 23 floors.