Month: April 2024
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Even Mark Zuckerberg agrees…. Read More!
Exciting news for the Coalition and the community. Given the totality of the threats we face, and the interests from people to get involved in “making the sausage,” we have expanded our Board. With threats that range from local, state, and now federal levels, we need to ensure Read More …
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COAL fueling Data Center Proliferation
As predicted more than two years ago! Coal is FUELING the Data Center Proliferation. The Coalition to Protect PWC had been warning as early as December of 2022 that out-of-control data center proliferation was consuming so much power that the only alternative immediately available to meet Read More
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Washington Post: Internet data centers are fueling drive to old power source: Coal
Internet data centers are fueling drive to old power source: Coal – Washington Post yahoo.com By Antonio Olivo April 17, 2024 at 6:05 a.m. CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — A helicopter hovers over the Gee family farm, the noisy rattle echoing inside their home in this Read More …
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ABC7News: Jessica Grove – Fair Taxation of Data Centers
https://protectpwc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ABC7NEWS_04-10-2024_16.06.55.mp4 https://protectpwc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ABC7-8_04-10-2024_17.35.42.mp4 Originally published 2024-04-10 at https://protectpwc.org/2024/04/10/abc7news-jessica-grove-fair-taxation-of-data-centers/.
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yahoo!news: NY Times – The U.S. Urgently Needs a Bigger Grid. Here’s a Fast Solution.
The U.S. Urgently Needs a Bigger Grid. Here’s a Fast Solution. (yahoo.com) The U.S. Urgently Needs a Bigger Grid. Here’s a Fast Solution. Brad Plumer Tue, April 9, 2024 at 7:47 AM EDT·7 min read 708 Replacing existing power lines with cables made from state-of-the-art Read More …
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It’s in the national news coverage everywhere we turn. In a nutshell, Northern Virginia, as the data center hub of the world, is facing a crisis, in both our access to reliable power, and with our clean air and water. And Dominion Energy is the “parasite” Read More …
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Hold the Board to its promise to raise Data Center taxes
Some supervisors want to go slow in order not to cause the Data Center industry any growing pains. We reject that position. The Data Center industry already gets a sweet deal with their bulk load discount rate from Dominion Energy, from other incentives from the Read More …
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Virginia Mercury: Now what the heck do we do about data centers?
Now what the heck do we do about data centers? • Virginia Mercury Ivy Main April 3, 2024 Virginia’s 2024 legislative session wrapped up last month without any action to avert the energy crisis that is hurtling towards us. Crisis is not too Read More …