Data Center Registry
Bridgehead Industrial Project data center option (withdrawn)
Oakley, Contra Costa County, California
Bridgehead Industrial Project data center option (withdrawn) is a cancelled data center in Oakley, California (Contra Costa County), operated by JB2 Partners / Oxfoot Oakley LLC. The public record puts it at announced May 2024. It faces documented, organized local opposition.
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Facility record
Cancelled
- Operator
- JB2 Partners / Oxfoot Oakley LLC
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- 3231 Main Street, Oakley, Contra Costa County, CA, 94561
- Coordinates
- 38.0062, -121.7391
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- May 2024
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Opposed
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- March 10, 2026CancelledApplicant formally removed data centers from the PUD and application 'in its entirety' during the 2026-03-10 council hearing after community opposition; the industrial project was approved 4 to 1 without them, and Oakley adopted a data center moratorium in April 2026. Source: KQED
- May 2024ProposedBridgehead Industrial Project (164 acres, 10 light-industrial buildings, 3.18M sq ft) included data centers as a permitted use in its PUD application. Source: California Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (CEQAnet)
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Organized local opposition to Bridgehead Industrial Project data center option (withdrawn) in Oakley, Contra Costa County, California is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Resident pushback over water and electricity demand drove the withdrawal; Oakley became the first Bay Area city to enact a data center moratorium (through April 2027).
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.
Resident pushback over water and electricity demand drove the withdrawal; Oakley became the first Bay Area city to enact a data center moratorium (through April 2027).
Notes on the record
Only the data center use was withdrawn; the approved 164-acre logistics project (warehousing, truck parking, battery storage) proceeds. No data center capacity was ever specified. Coordinates from the CEQAnet filing (38°0'22.4"N 121°44'20.9"W).
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Power capacity in megawatts
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Power capacity in megawatts
- The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Bridgehead Industrial Project data center option (withdrawn) in Oakley?
Yes. Organized local opposition to Bridgehead Industrial Project data center option (withdrawn) in Oakley, Contra Costa County, California is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Resident pushback over water and electricity demand drove the withdrawal; Oakley became the first Bay Area city to enact a data center moratorium (through April 2027).
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Bridgehead Industrial Project data center option (withdrawn)?
No lawsuit over Bridgehead Industrial Project data center option (withdrawn) appears in the record we track as of September 21, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Bridgehead Industrial Project data center option (withdrawn) use?
No water withdrawal figure for Bridgehead Industrial Project data center option (withdrawn) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Bridgehead Industrial Project data center option (withdrawn), and how big is it?
JB2 Partners / Oxfoot Oakley LLC is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Bridgehead Industrial Project data center option (withdrawn)," updated September 21, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/bridgehead-industrial-oakley-data-center-ca.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.0 (September 21, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/bridgehead-industrial-oakley-data-center-ca, retrieved October 1, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Oakley drops data center plans, approves massive industrial project (2026-03-11) · KQED · retrieved September 21, 2026
- 2.CEQAnet SCH 2024050471, Bridgehead Industrial Project, Notice of Determination (approved 2026-03-10), 3231 Main Street, Oakley · California Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (CEQAnet) · retrieved September 21, 2026
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