Editing San Francisco (section)

===Technology===
[[File:Twitter Headquarters in San Francisco-L1001299.jpg|thumb|left|Former [[Twitter|X]] headquarters on [[Market Street (San Francisco)|Market Street]], prior to moving to [[Austin, Texas]]]]
San Francisco became a hub for technology-driven economic growth during the [[internet boom]] of the 1990s, and still holds an important position in the world city network today.<ref name=":02"/><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Aranya|first=Rolee|date=Fall 2017|title=A Global 'Urban Roller Coaster'? Connectivity Changes in the World City Network, 2000–2004|journal=Regional Studies|volume=42|issue=1 |pages=1–16|doi=10.1080/00343400601145202|s2cid=154611136|url=http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/13311}}</ref> Intense redevelopment towards the "[[new economy]]" makes business more technologically minded. Between the years of 1999 and 2000, the job growth rate was 4.9%, creating over 50,000 jobs in technology firms and internet content production.<ref name=":02" /> However, the technology industry has become geographically dispersed.<ref name=NewYorkCloserThanEvertoBayAreaTech>{{cite news|url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/technology/new-york-closer-ever-beating-bay-area-tech|title=New York is closer than ever to beating the Bay Area on tech|first1=Cara|last1=Eisenpress|newspaper=[[Crain Communications]]|date=April 28, 2023|access-date=May 29, 2023}}</ref><ref name=ManhattanNowBiggestTechHub>{{cite news|url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/technology/manhattan-edges-out-san-francisco-new-early-stage-startups-first-time|title=For the first time, Manhattan edges out San Francisco in new early-stage startups|first1=Cara|last1=Eisenpress|newspaper=[[Crain Communications]]|date=May 22, 2023|access-date=October 14, 2023}}</ref>

In the second technological boom driven by social media in the mid-2000s, San Francisco became a location for companies such as [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], [[Google]], [[Ubisoft San Francisco|Ubisoft]], [[Facebook]], and [[Twitter]] (now known as ''X'') to base their tech offices and for their employees to live.<ref name=":22">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfeconomicstrategy.org/site/uploadedfiles/moed/economic_strat/ExecutiveSummary_EconomicPerformanceReview.pdf|title=City and County of San Francisco: An Overview of San Francisco's Recent Economic Performance|author=Egan|date=April 3, 2006|work=Report prepared for Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development|publisher=ICF Consulting|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201053456/http://www.sfeconomicstrategy.org/site/uploadedfiles/moed/economic_strat/ExecutiveSummary_EconomicPerformanceReview.pdf|archive-date=February 1, 2009|url-status=dead|access-date=December 6, 2017}}</ref>

The final wave of technology materialized as AI companies have either been founded in the city or moved there attracted to a large talent pool, proximity to venture capital, and serendipitous connections.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Despite High Costs, AI-Charged San Francisco Remains a Top Choice for Founding Startups |url=https://www.inc.com/kit-eaton/despite-high-costs-ai-charged-san-francisco-remains-a-top-choice-for-founding-startups.html |work=Inc.}}</ref>

The [[Sunset Reservoir]] Solar Project, completed in 2010, installed 24,000 solar panels on the roof of the reservoir. The 5-megawatt plant more than tripled the city's 2-megawatt solar generation capacity when it opened in December 2010.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Mayor Newsom Praises SFPUC For Approving New Five Megawatt Solar Project at Sunset Reservoir |url=http://www.sfmayor.org/ftp/archive/209.126.225.7/archives/PressRoom_NewsReleases_2008_94667/index.html |publisher=Office of the Mayor, San Francisco |date=December 12, 2008 |access-date=September 29, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://abc7news.com/archive/7830862/ |title=SF gets new way to generate renewable energy |first1=Leigh|last1=Glaser|date=December 7, 2010 |publisher=KGO ABC7 News |access-date=April 13, 2013 |archive-date=April 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410123537/http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=resources/lifestyle_community/green&id=7830862 |url-status=live }}</ref>