NEXT THURSDAY:
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Our friends in West Virginia don’t appreciate being dragged into our data center power problem.
“Northern Virginia communities need to go into this new power supply for their data centers with their eyes wide open. Are all the “benefits” they are receiving from the massive data center build out worth increasing their carbon footprint? Why are other communities in rural areas hundreds of miles from the data centers being forced to sacrifice their land and in some instances, the very air they breathe, so that Northern Virginia counties can increase their tax revenue and their sprawl? If these counties are receiving all the benefits from the data center buildout, shouldn’t they also step up and shoulder the negative impacts by building new coal, gas, and nuclear power stations in their own communities?”
“There has to be a better solution than this!”
Connecting the Dots. What Will Be On New PJM Lines?
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Breaking News
The totality of the transmission line infrastructure required for the data center industry in Virginia is exposed.
“…This is impacting the entire region, and all because of Loudoun and Prince William counties approving data center after data center,” said Karen Sheehan, director of the Coalition to Protect Prince William County, which is battling what it sees as some ill-advised data center projects.”
“She noted that ratepayers across the region will pay for the improvements…”
“…former PATH opponent Keryn Newman, who lives near Shepherdstown, West Virginia… said what galls her is that the main benefit of data centers – their tax revenue – doesn’t benefit her county, yet the cost of the transmission lines is borne by all ratepayers.”
“The thing is, I’m going to pay for these lines to fuel the data centers and what do I get out of it? I get another transmission line to look at,” she said. “And my husband gets to fish under a second one.”
Prince William Times: Data center-driven power crunch prompts planning for new, high-voltage lines