The mall that served as the exterior location in Back to the Future could soon become a data center — and one of the film’s creators isn’t thrilled.

Puente Hills Mall in southern California served as the fictional Twin Pines Mall in the hit 1985 film that starred Michael J. Fox as teenager Marty McFly and Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Emmett “Doc” Brown . But under a new proposal, the now largely vacant mall would become multiple warehouses, a bus transit station and a data center.

Responding to Newsweek ’s report about the future of the shopping center, Bob Gale, the film’s co-creator, co-writer and co-producer , told The Independent: “As to Puente Hills becoming a data center, that's a question best left to the people who live in the area. I'm ignorant as to what kind of data is involved, but I certainly am not in favor of anything that helps the government or private companies surveil Americans or keep files on us.

“If it's secretive, my default reaction is opposition,” Gale continued.…