The Oakland City Council will consider extending the city's temporary moratorium on data center approvals by 10 months and 15 days at its meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
The interim emergency ordinance (file 27-0178), sponsored by Councilmember Carroll Fife and the Planning & Building Department, would extend Ordinance No. 13899, which pauses any land use entitlements or agreements for building or operating data centers in Oakland. It is on the Nov. 10 agenda.
The Oakland Observer reported that the planning department's required report, due 10 days before the 45-day moratorium ends in mid-November, also recommends the extension and says more time is needed to build either a regulatory framework or a ban. State law allows two extensions, each needing seven council votes, the Observer said.
Background: The council first adopted a 45-day pause in October. Read our earlier story.