If we stop building the infrastructure required by an increasingly digital economy, we won’t stop the demand for that infrastructure. We’ll just push the investments — and the jobs and innovation that come with them — somewhere else.
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(KRON) - San Francisco supervisors have approved a temporary 45-day moratorium on new data center approvals while the city studies their potential impacts. The urgency ordinance took effect immediately after passing the Board of Supervisors.
As artificial intelligence and digital services rapidly expand, several California local governments are stepping back to evaluate the footprint of data center development in their communities. Cities across the Bay Area and Southern California are considering pauses or reviewing long-standing polic…
The Oakland City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to place a 45-day temporary moratorium on all new data center development across the city. Oakland Enacts Temporary Moratorium on Data Center Construction The urgency measure, sponsored by Councilmember Carroll Fife, pauses new approvals to al…
San Francisco, home to some of the world’s most valuable artificial-intelligence companies, is temporarily banning new data centers within its borders.
San Francisco's board of supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to impose a 45-day moratorium on new data centers, a pause that can be extended up to 22 months. Despite San Francisco being the home of AI development in the United States, one city official said of data centers, "We need to know what t…
If we stop building the infrastructure required by an increasingly digital economy, we won’t stop the demand for that infrastructure. We’ll just push the investments — and the jobs and innovation that come with them — somewhere else.
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