# Downtown datacenter? AI plan floated for boarded-up San Francisco mall

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-10-20T12:00:35+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/20/san-francisco-mall-ai-datacenter
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/downtown-datacenter-ai-plan-floated-for-boarded-up-san-francisco-mall-e87e18/

Developers propose turning San Francisco Centre into not a server-based facility but a ‘community-based AI exhibit’ Downtown San Francisco has shown signs of revival since being battered by the Covid pandemic, which led to what many called a “doom loop” of vacant buildings, a worsening homelessness crisis, and dwindling public transit. But one highly visible reminder of the city’s struggle to reco

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