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Data centers in San Francisco, California

San Francisco has 2 data centers on the record: 2 running. San Francisco has a scorecard row with no rating yet, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The latest decision on the record: San Francisco Board of Supervisors proposed a pause on new data center approvals, September 15, 2026. San Francisco County's own decisions are on the San Francisco County page.

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The 2 data centers in San Francisco

Newest activity first

Each row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.

  1. Running Built from one source

    Digital Realty San Francisco

    San Francisco, San Francisco County · Digital Realty

    No dated entry on the record yet.

    Land
    Not disclosed
    Power
    Not disclosed
    Water
    Not disclosed
    Tenant
    Not disclosed

  2. Running Built from one source

    Novva San Francisco data center

    San Francisco, San Francisco County · Novva Data Centers

    No dated entry on the record yet.

    Land
    Not disclosed
    Power
    Not disclosed
    Water
    Not disclosed
    Tenant
    Not disclosed

Where

2 data centers in San Francisco: all running. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.

The outline is San Francisco's boundary from the U.S. Census Bureau. Tap a pin for that data center's facts and a link to its page.

What San Francisco has decided

1 body, 1 decision on the record

What the city has done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.

Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own.

  1. San Franciscocity

    San Francisco Board of Supervisors proposed a pause on new data center approvals, reported September 15, 2026.

    kalw.org local outlet

    no published rating
    1 act on this row
    1. moratorium

      San Francisco Board of Supervisors proposed a pause on new data center approvals

      kalw.org local outlet

    Last verified September 15, 2026.

The rules across California.

What happened

  1. · San Francisco

    Moratorium: San Francisco Board of Supervisors proposed a pause on new data center approvals kalw.org local outlet

California, year by year · Every milestone, by month

The county and nearby counties

The county San Francisco County Its decisions and every record in it 30 miles away Alameda County 1 data center on the record 56 miles away Santa Clara County 10 data centers on the record · pause on the record 76 miles away Sacramento County 1 data center on the record 80 miles away Stanislaus County 1 data center on the record

Every California county.

Disclosed figures

nothing disclosed by 2 records

Power, water, jobs and tax, summed only where a data center disclosed the figure; what each facility is for; how each is cooled. Nothing here is estimated.

Power, water, jobs and tax

FigureDisclosed totalDisclosedNot disclosedBasis
PowerNot disclosed02Not disclosed by any of the 2 records
Water, stated per dayNot disclosed02Not disclosed by any of the 2 records
Water, stated per yearNot disclosed02Not disclosed by any of the 2 records
Permanent jobsNot disclosed02Not disclosed by any of the 2 records
Tax each yearNot disclosed02Not disclosed by any of the 2 records

Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.

By what the facilities are for

UseRecordsPowerWaterJobsTax each year
Not disclosed2Not disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year

A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.

What the facilities are for

No source on file states what any of the 2 tracked facilities in San Francisco are for.

How the facilities are cooled

No source on file states how any of the 2 tracked facilities in San Francisco are cooled.

Cite this page

Data Center Record, "Data centers in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ca/san-francisco-county/san-francisco, updated September 17, 2026.

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