Who We Are
A Coalition Of Community Residents
A coalition of community residents opposed to the AVAIO Pittsburg data center — neighbors, parents, and homeowners, not a party, a PAC, or an outside organization.
A hyperscale data center was approved for the former Delta View Golf Course without the neighborhood ever being asked. We aren't experts. We're the people who will live next to it.
What We Oppose
Three Things We Oppose
01
The Process
How this project came about.
- It was called a “technology park.” For years that was the only name residents heard — not a hyperscale data center.
- The land was never publicly marketed. An exclusive negotiating agreement was signed with a single developer in August 2017 — seven months before any public reuse process began.
- The approvals were already done before almost anyone in the neighborhood knew this was happening.
- There has been little to no support for Spanish-speaking residents — in a city where they are a large share of the community most affected.
02
The Location
Where they want to put it.
- Round-the-clock industrial operations — cooling, noise, traffic, and heavy water and power demand — dropped onto a former golf course with no history of industrial development, while Pittsburg already has established industrial zones elsewhere in the city.
- Roughly 400 feet from homes.
- About 500 feet from Rancho Medanos Junior High School.
- 37 diesel backup generators permitted at that distance from bedrooms and classrooms.
03
The Lack Of Transparency
What the City didn't tell us.
- Community education started over a year and a half after the project was approved — after the decisions had already been made.
- The City did hold a special meeting, but never answered our demand for a moratorium on further approvals until it adopts a data center ordinance written with public input. It used the time to talk about Phases 2 and 3 instead.
- The follow-up became a staff-run webinar with questions submitted in advance and pre-selected — no live Q&A.
- Basic numbers on water, power, permanent jobs, and revenue were technically public — buried in technical documents almost no resident would ever find. Nobody put them in plain language until residents dug them out themselves.
- Residents have put dozens of questions to the City in writing and at meetings. Most remain unanswered.
Our Stance On Labor
Pro-Pittsburg Means Pro-Union
Union members are part of this coalition. We want development in Pittsburg, built by Pittsburg residents — especially trades union members.
We want development that weighs what it gives against what it takes: temporary construction jobs against permanent ones, and against permanent changes to air, water, power, schools, and the land itself.
Some unions support this project. No agreement requires it to hire in Pittsburg, and the City has never answered how many of the permanent jobs would go to people who live here.
Unions are also not one voice. They include educators and health care workers, whose members organize around the things this project puts at risk.
In The Press
How The Coverage Describes Us
We didn't name ourselves in the headlines — reporters did, covering what residents did in public.
The Mercury News · Jul 9, 2026
Pittsburg hosting virtual workshop following concerns about data centers
Contra Costa Herald · Jul 9, 2026
Pittsburg coalition demands City honor written promise on data center agenda item
Patch · Jul 8, 2026
Data Center Concerns Top Special City Meeting Amid Backlash: Contra Costa
NBC Bay Area · Jul 20, 2026
Residents protest planned data center at Pittsburg City Hall in Contra Costa County
This coalition is anyone who shows up
There is no membership form. If you live here and you oppose those three things, you're already part of this — sign the petition, speak at a Council meeting, or get in touch.