San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors unanimously passes a temporary moratorium on new data centers across the city. The measure pauses the approval of permit applications for new facilities for 45 days, with an extension possible up to 22 months, according to coverage of the vote. The action halts or delays planned projects, including a Bayview expansion and a 49.5 MW project in Dogpatch.
Outlets frame the decision as part of a broader push to manage the rapid growth in data center development. Bloomberg highlights the city’s status as a hub for artificial intelligence and major technology companies, while The Next Web notes that similar pauses have occurred in Europe first, but for different reasons—specifically around grid capacity and the ability to meet electricity demand targets. Other reports emphasize that the core mechanism is the suspension of approvals while the city evaluates constraints and requirements tied to data center expansion.
