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Amazon is planning to build a data center on the far West Side, state construction documents indicate.The company expects to start work early next year on the project, dubbed “AWS Rockfish” in filings with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.AWS stands for Amazon Web Services, the company’s cloud-computing arm.Here’s where it gets murky. Two of the three filings list 7400 Potranco Road. as the location, which is next to the National Security Agency’s San Antonio installation, and a third lists Texas 211 and Potranco.On ExpressNews.com:All describe a 109,600-square-foot facility but include different projected costs. Combining the figures on two of the filings comes out to $55.95 million, which is the estimated cost in the third filing.The owners identified in the filings also vary: Amazon Data Services Inc. is listed as the owner on two of the documents and Corporate Office Properties Trust as the owner on the third.The Columbia, Md.-based real estate investment trust is “the largest landlord of Amazon Web Services data centers,” according to , a business news outlet.Entities affiliated with the REIT also own the buildings the NSA occupies, Bexar Appraisal District records show.“Amazon has a practice against commenting on our future roadmap,” said an Amazon spokesperson.A spokesperson for Corporate Office Properties Trust said the trust was unable to comment.Amazon operates several facilities in San Antonio, including a sorting center on Callaghan Road on the West Side and a fulfillment center on Foster Road on the East Side.On ExpressNews.com:A breakdown of key state and local races and candidates in the May 24 primary runoff.“AWS Rockfish” would join a string of data centers on the far West Side. Microsoft, Frost Bank and Valero have facilities in the area, and companies such as CyrusOne and Stream Data Centers host space for servers for businesses.The area is an attractive location for such projects, which tend to create few jobs, because of its affordable and ample electricity.Several of CPS Energy’s substations are on the far West Side, and the utility’s reliability is an advantage. The average interruption per CPS customer was about 154 minutes last year. Among the large utilities in Texas with at least 100,000 customers, that figure was 239 minutes.San Antonio also is appealing because of the low likelihood of natural disasters and extreme weather events, such as hurricanes.madison.iszler@express-news.netA breakdown of key state and local races and candidates in the May 24 primary runoff.

Amazon is planning to build a data center on the far West Side, state construction documents indicate.The company expects to start work early next year on the project, dubbed “AWS Rockfish” in filings with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.AWS stands for Amazon Web Services, the company’s cloud-computing arm.Here’s where it gets murky. Two of the three filings list 7400 Potranco Road. as the location, which is next to the National Security Agency’s San Antonio installation, and a third lists Texas 211 and Potranco.On ExpressNews.com:All describe a 109,600-square-foot facility...

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