Dear Supporters,
We are all experiencing a time that will be remembered in the history books. A time when unrestrained, big data center money nearly won in tipping the scale for greed; over the health and well-being of neighborhoods, communities, counties, and states.
WE, EACH ONE OF US, are the firewall ensuring that basic common sense prevails. We, Each One Of Us, must stand up to an industry that has little accountability and no coherent oversight policy for the resources they consume; in particular, water and our right to reliable and low-cost electric power. (See below for what YOU CAN do now.)
The twisted and distorted facts – in particular coming from Ann Wheeler and the board majority – are not holding up to the disinfectant of these plain truths:
Data Centers are risking the most basic rights of residents: the right to a quality of life that protects our homes, the right to our clean water, the right to our peaceful communities, the right of our access to reliable power without the threat of massive transmission lines traversing our private property — all to serve the wealthiest corporations in the world.
We are NOT helpless.
Please know, Ann Wheeler had hoped the rezoning of the Digital Gateway would have happened in April of 2022. WE prevailed against that.
WE, EACH ONE OF US, Together – still have to cross the finish line.
So many people have asked “What can I do?” YOU can speak up. YOU can fight to stop the industrialization of the western end of Prince William County. See details below regarding the upcoming Planning Commission meeting.
On October 21st, the Coalition marched with so many Prince William County residents at Haymarket Day. We are all fighting together to protect the most unique land use tool in the region. Some have tried to marginalize and disparage the beauty of the Rural Crescent that supports so much of our cultural, natural, and agricultural assets.
Here are just a few pictures of that awesome community day! This is what we are fighting to protect.
We are present, we are visible, and we – together – are making an impact.
Remember, with each data center campus, the bigger the cluster, the more transmission lines and substations will be required. It’s a double whammy, and the number of people impacted grows exponentially with each data center approval. This is why we are all coming together.
Opposition mounts to ‘spiderweb’ of new transmission lines needed to power data center alley | News | princewilliamtimes.com
“…In Prince William, Sheehan says she is most concerned about the new or re-built 500-kilovolt line that is proposed to go from Morrisville to Loudoun County. “The Brentsville and Gainesville districts are just in the bullseye with these 500-kilovolt lines that run from Morrisville up through Gainesville,” Sheehan said.”
“And that’s, and that’s what’s really concerning me is they’re just running a spiderweb all over the state of Virginia,” she said. “Because nobody’s consenting to this. And we’re all going to end up paying for it.”
The videos in these links tell the story of what we have now — and the threats that we are fighting.
This is the Rural Crescent on Pageland Lane – location for the proposed PW Digital Gateway: PWDG Aerial View – YouTube
This is where 500 Stanley Martin homes were expected – now the location for the proposed Devlin Tech Park: Devlin Technology – YouTube
This is what is Coming Instead: Village Place – YouTube
Here is an opinion piece from Loudoun County about what all these data centers are doing to our communities: Rountree: Power lines would turn our Shire into Mordor | Opinion | loudountimes.com
The PWC Planning Commission is considering the rezoning applications for the Digital Gateway data center complex on Wednesday, Nov. 8, starting at 2 PM at the McCoart Building in Woodbridge.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Mark your calendar NOW to sign up on Thursday, Nov. 2
to speak virtually on Wed, Nov. 8.
Online registration is generally available by Thursday the week prior to the Planning Commission hearing date (Nov. 8), and closes at 5:00 p.m. on the Tuesday (Nov. 7) before the hearing. (Microsoft Forms (office.com)
People need to fill the rolls and speak out against this travesty!
Don’t wait until it’s too late, and the beautiful western part of the county that we call home becomes a desolate expanse of concrete data center buildings and their transmission lines and ugly substations.
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GET A T-SHIRT! If you liked the message on the t-shirt that the team wore at Haymarket Day 2023, you can get one of your own! Other designs available as well! Get yours before we run out!
You can also: Send your message to the Planning Commissioners now!
Add your name to this petition against more data center proliferation.