San Francisco pauses new data centres in the hometown of AI

San Francisco’s board of supervisors unanimously passed a 45-day moratorium on new data centres, extendable to 22 months, halting a Bayview expansion and a 49.5 MW Dogpatch project. Europe paused first and for a different reason, the grid, and now finds it cannot build the capacity the Commission wants.

San Francisco has paused new data centres. The board of supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday for a 45-day moratorium, effective at once, in the city that houses OpenAI and Anthropic. It can be extended to 22 months.

Supervisor Shamann Walton of District 10 wrote the measure, co-sponsored by Connie Chan, Jackie Fielder and Cheyenne Chen, Mission Local reported. Planning officials will study energy, water, air quality, land use and community impact. A hearing on the findings is due by November.

“We need to know what these impacts are,” Walton said. “Until we know what that is, it...

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