San Diego Leaders Seek Limits on Proposed 400-Megawatt NAVWAR Data Center Amid Local Policy and Border Updates

San Diego city leaders are opposing a proposed 400-megawatt data center at the Midway District NAVWAR site and seeking new restrictions on data centers, according to local news reports. CBS 8 reported that the proposed 400-megawatt data center at San Diego's NAVWAR site has drawn opposition from city leaders, who are seeking limits on data centers amid the proposal. NBC 7 San Diego also reported that San Diego leaders are seeking guardrails for the proposed data center at the Midway District NAVWAR site. In addition, Voice of San Diego reported that City Hall is pursuing a temporary data center ban along with new laws.

Other development and housing matters are also unfolding across the San Diego region. In the San Diego Union-Tribune, Michael Smolens wrote that a "sleight of hand" has brought additional controversy to Midway Rising. Meanwhile, Inside San Diego reported that San Diego's housing permit reforms are serving as a model for cities across the country. In South County, however, Voice of San Diego reported that local leaders are cooling on and turning away from the Housing First approach. In the real estate market, Yield PRO reported that Marcus & Millichap closed the sale of a 122-unit senior living asset in San Diego.

Elsewhere in San Diego, ABC 10News San Diego reported that state workers in the city walked off the job in a historic one-day strike over pay and health care. In a separate local report, inewsource examined how a DHS voter-fraud probe reached San Diego's registrar before being reined in by a judge. At Otay Mesa, Homeland Security Today reported that CBP seized nearly 1,600 pounds of methamphetamine hidden inside a tomatillo shipment, while La Prensa San Diego reported that DHS plans to test a "heat ray" for border use. In local military activities, Seapower Magazine reported that SMWDC hosted a Directed Energy Working Group at Naval Base San Diego, and DVIDS reported that NMRTC San Diego launched a first-of-its-kind Role 2 exercise to prepare expeditionary medical teams for the future fight.