SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco officials said even one new data center has the potential to stall growth of new housing and commercial spaces because of trailing energy capacities. Mayor Daniel Laurie ordered the Tuesday report after the Board of Supervisors voted last month to pass a 45-day pause on data center production to allow for more research on their negative impacts. "San Francisco has high annual housing targets, over 70,000 units of already entitled or proposed housing as well as significant proposed commercial, medical and other development," the report stated. "Concern exists that construction of one or more large data centers in the nearer term could crowd out available capacity needed." Elected officials are set to vote Nov. 17 on a proposal to extend San Francisco's moratorium another 10 months and 15 days. Data centers have become a polarizing political issue among Bay Area cities -- with cities like Oakland, Fairfield and Marin County passing similar moratoriums in recent days. Bay Area cities addressing calls for data center moritorium Richmond City Council passes data center moratorium San Francisco approves 45-day moratorium on new data centers Oakland City Council prepares vote on data center moratorium Gilroy considers moratorium on new data centers Pittsburg residents protest data center at city council meeting Supporters of the tech infrastructure, however, say data centers bring economic growth and jobs to the areas they serve. "You don't want to be the city that misses the economic gravy train," said KRON4 political analyst and former San Francisco supervisor Michael Yaki. "On the other hand, you don't want to put everything on it and then find out you're shortchanging people who have lived here their entire lives." He said data centers typically populate in areas with plenty of available space -- which tend to have higher populations of color. "These data centers will need to have stand-by generators that use fuel and spew stuff into the air," Yaki said. "So there's an environmental justice part of the equation they have to weigh as well." CHECK OUT THE FULL CITY REPORT: 45-Day Data Center Moratorium Report: Initial Assessment of Land Use and Environmental Issues ...read more read less