Community members and elected officials gathered at San Diego City Hall to oppose a potential data center at the former Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) site in the Midway District, raising concerns about its potential impact on nearby neighborhoods.<\/p>\n
Manchester Financial Group is exploring several redevelopment options for the site, located near Interstate 5 and San Diego International Airport. The possibilities include a university, a medical center and a 400-megawatt data center.<\/p>\n
The data center proposal has drawn opposition from residents and local leaders who say the facility could place additional strain on the surrounding community.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople don’t want data centers in their backyards,\u201d said San Diego City Councilmember, Sean Elo-Rivera. \u201cSan Diegans are not gonna just sit by idly and watch one of the biggest data centers in California get dropped right in the middle of our city.\u201d<\/p>\n
Those opposing the proposal cited potential increases in pollution and noise, along with concerns about the demands a large data center could place on local resources.<\/p>\n
One community member argued that the project could create additional burdens for residents who have limited options for where they live.<\/p>\n
Matthew Berger, a small-business owner and co-owner of a business located less than a mile from the proposed site, also questioned whether a data center would benefit the surrounding neighborhood.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don’t need it. It doesn’t make jobs for anyone. It doesn’t make the neighborhood a better place,\u201d Berger said.<\/p>\n
While the redevelopment options remain under consideration, the possibility of a data center has prompted calls for city leaders to take action before a project moves forward.<\/p>\n
In a statement, Manchester Financial Group said a data center is one of several options being considered for the NAVWAR site.<\/p>\n
The company said discussions remain in the early stages of exploring what a data center could look like and emphasized that no negotiations or agreements are currently underway.<\/p>\n
No final redevelopment plan has been announced, and the data center remains a potential option rather than an approved project.<\/p>\n
San Diego city leaders are also taking steps to address concerns about the potential development of data centers elsewhere in the city.<\/p>\n
Elo-Rivera said the proposal highlights the need for officials to consider potential impacts before similar projects advance.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is a signal that this could be a threat in other parts of San Diego, and we should never, ever, ever allow a threat that we can see coming to arrive here before we take action,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mayor Todd Gloria has signed an executive order directing city staff to develop a moratorium on new data centers in San Diego. The proposed moratorium is scheduled to go before the San Diego City Council on Monday.<\/p>\n
As discussions over the NAVWAR site’s future continue, the proposal has become a focal point for a broader debate over data center development, neighborhood impacts and the city’s approach to future projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Community members and elected officials gathered at San Diego City Hall to oppose a potential data center at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[4442,13010,74,73254,76,75],"class_list":["post-505089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-data-center","tag-midway-district","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-city-hall","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}