Overview
- The Pittsburg City Council voted Monday to enact an immediate 45‑day moratorium that halts review of new data center approvals citywide.
- The pause specifically targets Phases 2 and 3 of Avaio’s planned complex at the former Delta View Golf Course while leaving the Phase 1 approval from 2024 intact.
- Dozens of residents protested inside and outside City Hall, chanting and interrupting the meeting before some demonstrators were escorted out by police as they raised health, noise and proximity concerns.
- Councilmembers said the moratorium gives the city time to define and regulate AI and conventional data centers and that they may extend the pause; the debate overlaps with legal questions about how Proposition 45 would affect future approvals.
- The action follows similar short‑term pauses in San Francisco, Oakland and Hayward and could affect how developers, utilities and regulators handle power, water and community impacts for large data facilities.