San Francisco has no cryptocurrency-mining ordinance. A commercial mining operation is a computing facility, so the Planning Code handles it like an Internet Service Exchange — conditional use above the 25,000-square-foot accessory threshold, CEQA review, and the Section 2909 noise limits all apply.
No San Francisco ordinance names cryptocurrency, blockchain, or mining. Because a commercial mine is a room of servers and cooling equipment, the City treats it as a data-processing use under the Planning Code's Internet Service Exchange framework: allowed as accessory up to 25,000 gross square feet, and requiring Conditional Use Authorization and CEQA review above that. Rig and cooling noise is bound by Police Code Section 2909's 8-dBA-over-ambient limit at the property plane. There is no City energy cap specific to mining; California's Digital Financial Assets Law is state licensing for crypto financial businesses and does not govern land use.
Running a commercial crypto mine above the accessory floor-area threshold without Conditional Use Authorization is a Planning Code violation; excessive rig and fan noise is enforced under Police Code Section 2909 until measured sound conforms.
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