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San Diego Orders Pause on Data Centers After Rally Over NAVWAR Redevelopment

City leaders moved to halt new data-center builds to address community fears that a proposed 400-megawatt project could strain local power, water, housing, rates during the Navy's environmental review.

NAVWAR, the U.S. Navy’s cybersecurity hub, sits on Pacific Highway next to Interstate 5 in San Diego’s Midway District.

Overview

  • A coalition of residents and elected officials rallied at City Hall on Oct. 23 to oppose one redevelopment option for the 70-acre NAVWAR campus: reports of a potential 400-megawatt data center.
  • Mayor Todd Gloria signed an executive order directing staff to draft a citywide moratorium on new data centers and the City Council is scheduled to consider the proposal next week.
  • Manchester Financial Group says a data center is one of several options for the site and that talks with energy providers have been preliminary with no agreements in place.
  • The NAVWAR campus is federal Navy property and the Navy is updating the project's environmental review, which keeps formal approvals and local control questions unresolved.
  • The dispute echoes a wider 2026 trend of U.S. cities pausing large data-center projects over concerns about electricity, water, noise and housing and it could prompt federal and local scrutiny of how the site is reused.