Controversial Bay Area data center opponents land support from AOC Primary Menu Sections US News Metro Long Island
Politics World News Page Six Sports NFL MLB Olympics NBA NHL College Football College Basketball WNBA Post Sports+
Sports Betting Business Opinion Entertainment TV Movies Music Celebrities Awards Theater Shopping Lifestyle Weird But
True Sex & Relationships Viral Trends Human Interest Parenting Fashion & Beauty Food & Drink Travel Health
Wellness Fitness Health Care Medicine Men’s Health Women’s Health Mental Health Nutrition Real Estate Alexa
Media Tech Science Space Environment Wildlife Archaeology Astrology Video Photos Pod Force One NY POSTcast Today’s
Paper Covers Columnists Horoscopes Crosswords & Games Sports Odds Podcasts Careers Email Newsletters Official Store
Home Delivery Tips Search Email New York Post Switch between CA and NY editions here. Got it Edition CA NY Open Politics
navigation US News US News Metro Long Island Politics World News US News Metro Long Island Politics World News Search
Search trending now in US News Skip to main content Grim final photo shows 5 friends fishing moments before they all...
Joe Rogan reveals former podcast guest allegedly ‘cut a... Selfless cop proposed to girlfriend just hours before
sacrificing... Horrifying video shows son beating dad to death with baseball bat... Powerball players outraged over
lottery’s historic... Gruesome new photos of Celeste Rivas shown at D4vd murder trial... Potential Lindsay Clancy
jurors keep fleeing because of how... Chilling video shows NYC dad calmly strolling to car after... Politics AOC wades
into Bay Area data center project that’s enraging locals By Annie Gaus Published July 22, 2026, 6:49 p.m. ET See
more of our coverage in your search results. Add The California Post on Google A bitter battle over a massive AI data
center planned for the Bay Area has gone national after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez publicly backed a teen activist
spearheading a campaign to kill the project. A 76-acre data center campus planned for East Bay suburb Pittsburg has
sparked a revolt among locals who say the facility will suck up resources, spew diesel exhaust and cause a racket in the
quiet community — and now even the Democratic Socialist darling Ocasio-Cortez has waded into the tense standoff amid a
growing national backlash against data centers. 6 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has criticized data center expansions. AP
Photo/George Walker IV Four hundred opponents, including a teen activist named Sadie Cisneros, packed a public meeting
this week in a last-minute effort to block the hated project, dubbed AVAIO Perseus Data Center. The high school-aged
data center critic’s testimony went huge viral, with one clip racking up 9 million views and more than 15,000
comments. Sign up for the California Morning Report newsletter California's top news, sports and entertainment
delivered to your inbox every day. Thanks for signing up! Enter your email address Please provide a valid email. By
clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Never miss a story Check out more newsletters Explore
More Grim final photo shows 5 friends fishing moments before they all drowned in Ohio river tragedy Joe Rogan reveals
former podcast guest allegedly ‘cut a guy’s head off’ weeks after interviewing him Selfless cop
proposed to girlfriend just hours before sacrificing his life to save her from raging river 6 Pittsburg activist Sadie
Cisneros. “Data centers not only guzzle huge amounts of energy but they also are creating heat islands, warming up
the land around them by up to 16 degrees Farenheit,” Cisneros claimed at a recent Pittsburg City Council hearing,
citing reports of tinnitus and other health problems linked to data centers. Ocasio-Cortez, herself a data center
critic, chimed in on Instagram. Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters
California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook,
Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App:
Download here!Home delivery: Sign up here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here! 6 Cisneros’ recent testimony against
data centers racked up millions of views. “Thank YOU for being an example and showing that we ALL can speak up,
make a difference, and carry on with our day,” the Bronx rep wrote in a comment that was “liked”
20,000 times. “This is real influence! And it DOES have an impact,” she added. Ocasio-Cortez has called for
a national moratorium on data center construction alongside widespread doubts about the sites cropping up nationwide.
Data center supporters, however, have labeled crackdowns like a temporary ban imposed by New York Governor Kathy Hochul
a “panic” that will help America’s adversaries. 6 Illustration of AVAIO’s planned Pittburg data
center. AVAIO The Pittsburg city council voted 5-0 in favor of the project in 2024, arguing the development will create
jobs and help the town’s bottom line. The massive project is slated to be built on a former municipal golf course
that was closed in 2018, near a residential development and schools. 6 A protest sign opposing the data center.
Instagram/@stoppittsburgdatacenter The tech campus, from the company Avaio Digital, will have a 99 megawatt capacity to
start and has been hailed as a “major investment in our local economy” by Pittsburg Mayor Juan Antonio
Banales. But locals who worry their lives could be upended by construction, noise and environmental impacts say they
will continue fighting the project. “Horrible. Horrible. I, gosh, should we move? You know, we’re really
considering moving,” said Carmen Magallan, who lives across the street from the data center site, according to CBS
News. 6 Hundreds of locals have opposed the data center project. Instagram/@stoppittsburgdatacenter “This is a
neighborhood. There’s so many homes around here. How can you just plop it right down there?” she said.
Pittsburg officials have scheduled a “community engagement workshop” about the project for July 30, opting
to hold a Zoom meeting instead of an in-person hearing. Filed under Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez artificial intelligence
california data Northern California 7/22/26 Read Next Fury as Dems unleash 'rigging' plot to kill voter ID in
Ca... Trending Now on NYPost.com This story has been shared 69,148 times. 69,148 Grim final photo shows 5 friends
fishing moments before they all drowned in Ohio river tragedy This story has been shared 18,745 times. 18,745 Joe Rogan
reveals former podcast guest allegedly ‘cut a guy’s head off’ weeks after interviewing him This story
has been shared 16,194 times. 16,194 Selfless cop proposed to girlfriend just hours before sacrificing his life to save
her from raging river Most Commented Join the conversation This story has 3K comments. 3K Older man slaps fan at MLB
game for not standing for national anthem in viral video: ‘Get up’ This story has 2K comments. 2K Pentagon
identifies 2 US soldiers killed in weekend attack by Iran This story has 1.9K comments. 1.9K Shocking 105M Americans are
not working – more than during Covid or the Great Recession Columnists Charles Gasparino Investors in NYC’s
municipal debt are starting to lose patience with Mamdani Rikki Schlott Mamdani is pandering to entitled voters who
splash out $8 for coffee but can’t handle canceling a Starz subscription Lydia Moynihan World Cup fans furious
they were bused to post-Knicks chaos after hours stuck in tunnel, while Mamdani zipped through See All Columnists
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has criticized data center expansions. AP Photo/George Walker IV Pittsburg activist Sadie
Cisneros. Cisneros' recent testimony against data centers racked up millions of views. Illustration of AVAIO's planned
Pittburg data center. AVAIO A protest sign opposing the data center. Instagram/@stoppittsburgdatacenter Hundreds of
locals have opposed the data center project. Instagram/@stoppittsburgdatacenter You are viewing 1 of 6 images Previous
Image Next Image More Stories Page Six Meghan Markle’s on-set request leaves beloved ‘MasterChef
Australia’ judge ‘upset’ Decider Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Elite Force’ On Netflix, An Action
Drama About France’s GIGN Force And How One Man Gets Drawn Back In After An Attack NYPost Grim final photo shows 5
friends fishing moments before they all drowned in Ohio river tragedy Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Email YouTube
TikTok Snapchat Sections & Features US News Metro World News Sports Sports Betting Business Opinion Entertainment
Fashion & Beauty Shopping Lifestyle Real Estate Media Tech Science Health Travel Astrology Video Photos Alexa Covers
Horoscopes Sports Odds Podcasts Crosswords & Games Columnists Classifieds Post Sports+ Subscribe Articles Manage
Newsletters & Store Email Newsletters NY Post Official Store Home Delivery Subscribe Manage Subscription Delivery
Help Help/Support About New York Post Editorial Standards New York Post Awards & Recognition Customer Service Apps
Help Community Guidelines Contact Us Tips Newsroom Letters to the Editor Licensing & Reprints Careers Vulnerability
Disclosure Program Apps iPhone App iPad App Android Phone Android Tablet Advertise Media Kit Contact © 2026 NYP
Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved Terms of Use Subscription Terms Privacy Notice Sitemap Your California Privacy Rights
Do Not Sell My Personal Information