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# San Diego adopts a 45-day citywide moratorium on data center permitting and development

Canonical ID: `0e40c6cf-fe02-46c7-ba41-f91bbd3c872f`

- **Jurisdiction:** [San Diego, CA](/locations/united-states/california/san-diego-ca.md) (id: `9702dc26-9330-4a9b-a430-67b4e4ad14c9`)
- **Kind:** `permit`
- **Status (derived):** in_effect
- **Effective:** 2026-10-27

On October 27, 2026 the San Diego City Council unanimously ratified a 45-day moratorium on the permitting, approval, development and expansion of data centers within city limits, following an executive order Mayor Todd Gloria signed on October 22. The council can extend it for up to nearly two years. City staff must bring preliminary recommendations within 180 days, guided by a Data Center Stakeholder Working Group of up to 15 members, and the city plans to amend its land development code next year. The vote followed a local developer's idea of a 400 MW data center at the Navy-owned NAVWAR site near Old Town; because that site is federal land, the moratorium is largely symbolic there.

## Sources (4)

1. **Mayor Gloria Signs Executive Order Directing Moratorium on Data Centers in San Diego** · https://www.sandiego.gov/mayor/mayor-gloria-signs-executive-order-directing-moratorium-data-centers-san-diego · 2026-10-22
2. **San Diego City Council unanimously passes moratorium on data centers** · https://www.kpbs.org/news/politics/2026/10/27/san-diego-city-council-unanimously-passes-moratorium-on-data-centers · 2026-10-27
3. **Data center moratorium passes at San Diego City Council** · https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/data-center-moratorium-unanimously-passes-at-san-diego-city-council/4092956/ · 2026-10-27
4. **San Diego data center ban post** · https://x.com/MediaQSI/status/2115589680683176020 · 2026-10-28

## Common questions

### What does San Diego adopts a 45-day citywide moratorium on data center permitting and development cover?

On October 27, 2026 the San Diego City Council unanimously ratified a 45-day moratorium on the permitting, approval, development and expansion of data centers within city limits, following an executive order Mayor Todd Gloria signed on October 22. The council can extend it for up to nearly two years. City staff must bring preliminary recommendations within 180 days, guided by a Data Center Stakeholder Working Group of up to 15 members, and the city plans to amend its land development code next year. The vote followed a local developer's idea of a 400 MW data center at the Navy-owned NAVWAR site near Old Town; because that site is federal land, the moratorium is largely symbolic there.

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### When did San Diego adopts a 45-day citywide moratorium on data center permitting and development take effect?

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