San Jose Declares Local State of Emergency for El Niño as Supermicro Launches H15 AMD Server Portfolio

City of San José Declares Local State of Emergency Ahead of El Niño Storm Season

SAN JOSE, California — The City of San José officially proclaimed a local state of emergency on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, mobilizing city agencies to prepare for severe winter storms and heightened atmospheric river flood risks driven by an intensifying El Niño weather pattern. The emergency declaration empowers the city to clear vulnerable storm drain channels, reinforce Coyote Creek and Guadalupe River embankments, and expedite emergency temporary shelter resources for unhoused residents living along riparian waterways.

Municipal water managers and the Santa Clara Valley Water District opened emergency sandbag distribution stations across the South Bay and urged residents in historical flood basins to sign up for localized CodeRED alert notifications.

Supermicro Begins Commercial Shipping of H15 Server Line with 6th-Gen AMD EPYC

In Silicon Valley corporate technology developments, San Jose-headquartered server architecture giant Super Micro Computer, Inc. announced the volume commercial shipping of its next-generation H15 server portfolio. Optimized for 6th Generation AMD EPYC 'Venice' processors, the high-density systems are engineered specifically for enterprise artificial intelligence compute clusters, hyperscale cloud workloads, and complex scientific modeling.

Supermicro engineers highlighted that direct-to-chip liquid cooling configurations allow data center operators to slash cooling overhead by up to 40 percent while maximizing compute throughput within dense enterprise server footprints.

QuantumScape Unveils 'Osprey' Solid-State Battery Development Architecture

Concurrently in South Bay clean energy innovation, San Jose-based solid-state lithium-metal battery developer QuantumScape introduced Osprey, an open-access testing platform designed to accelerate commercialization timelines for next-generation electric vehicle batteries. The architecture provides automotive manufacturers with standardized cell metrics, thermal cycling protocols, and battery management system firmware to expedite road trials of fire-safe, fast-charging solid-state EV packs.