Super Micro expands San Jose campus with new building
SAN JOSE >> Super Micro Computer has opened a new manufacturing building on its vast north San Jose campus, marking a fresh expansion for the company in Silicon Valley.
The new manufacturing center is part of the Super Micro Green Computing Campus near the corner of Ridder Park Drive and Brokaw Road in San Jose.
“We are excited to be opening our new state-ofthe-art manufacturing facility in the heart of Silicon Valley,” said Charles Liang, Super Micro’s chief executive officer.
The building, located at 728 Ridder Park Drive, totals more than 200,000 square feet, according to the tech company.
“I am thrilled that Supermicro continues to expand its Silicon Valleybased Green Computing park with the addition of a new manufacturing site,” San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo said.
Super Micro will manufacture advanced storage and server equipment in the new building.
The gear will be used to support cutting-edge artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies.
The company now has 12 buildings in its Green Computing Campus, which totals more than 1.5 million square feet. In addition to the corporate headquarters, the campus supports, engineering, manufacturing and customer service.
The new building is also using Bloom Energy servers to generate electricity based on fuel cells.
Super Micro employs about 2,400 people at the 12-building campus in San Jose. The company said it is “actively recruiting” and is in a hiring mode.
“For 28 years, Supermicro’s jobs, innovation, and advanced technologies have contributed tremendously to our Silicon Valley economy,” Mayor Liccardo said.