A downtown Oakland office building that once housed a supercomputer operation for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory could become home to a new data center and artificial intelligence complex.
The artificial intelligence buzz is reaching San Francisco's downtown, where vacant office space is at an all-time high.
If the legislation is passed, the city's empty office spaces could hold nearly 11,000 new homes, according to a policy research group.
Habitat for Humanity plans to refurbish the 111-year-old building and convert the space into affordable housing.
Nearly 14 million square-feet of office space is vacant across San Francisco, equivalent to 10 empty Salesforce Towers. How will offices reopen and will people even come back?
Firefighters knocked down a fire that broke out Sunday morning in a vacant building in Oakland.