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Data center campus · Naval Information Warfare Systems Command site near Old Town, San Diego, San Diego County, California

NAVWAR Old Town Campus data center option

Inquiry only as of Oct. 27, 2026

A possible 400 MW data center on a Navy-owned site being redeveloped, which drew opposition from city leaders and a citywide moratorium that cannot bind the federal land. Also known as: Naval Information Warfare Systems Command site, Old Town.

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Power400MW reported · stated
Site70acres

Who is behind it

ProjectNAVWAR Old Town Campus data center optionAlso: Naval Information Warfare Systems Command site, Old Town
Developer and teamManchester Financial Group
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.

The record, newest first

  1. The City Council unanimously ratified a 45-day moratorium, which KPBS called largely symbolic for this federal site. (KPBS (City News Service), Oct. 27, 2026; City of San Diego, Office of the Mayor, Oct. 27, 2026; Times of San Diego, Oct. 27, 2026)

  2. Manchester said no negotiations were under way and no agreements were in place; the same day, the mayor signed an executive order pausing data centers. (KSWB San Diego via Yahoo News, Oct. 27, 2026; City of San Diego, Office of the Mayor, Oct. 27, 2026)

  3. The Navy chose Manchester to redevelop the property; KSWB says the environmental review now under way includes a data center. (KSWB San Diego via Yahoo News, Oct. 27, 2026)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Site size differs by report: about 60 acres (Times of San Diego) and 70 acres (KPBS/City News Service, KSWB).
  • Times of San Diego credits Voice of San Diego with first reporting the plan. That reporting, the Union-Tribune's and the Navy's own page were not opened; details found only in aggregator summaries of them (parcel within the site, phasing, schedule, utility contacts) are left out.

The full record

Status note
Exploratory only. Manchester said on Oct. 22 that no negotiations or agreements exist, and on Oct. 27 that nothing is final; the site is federal land, outside city land-use control.
Power note
400 MW per KSWB, KPBS and Times of San Diego. Manchester describes a data center as one idea among several under study.
Evidence
News reports; primary records not yet obtained
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.