Year: 2024
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Marion Devoe Candidate Questionnaire response 052224
Coalition to Protect Prince William County – Questions Relating to Data Centers For Virginia Congressional 7th and 10th District Candidates Answers provided by: MARION DEVOE FOR CONGRESS DISTRICT 10 VIRGINIA MAY 22, 2024 *********************** Right now, data centers alone account for 20% of the el
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Seeds of Change!
The relentless advocacy of Prince William Residents to thwart the industrialization next to the Manassas National Battlefield Park, and across the entire county, has sparked a backlash against the data center ‘business as usual’ model. No more greenwash. No more hiding massive new transmission line
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PW Times: Complaints spark 2nd review of PW Digital Gateway area property values
Complaints spark 2nd review of PW Digital Gateway area property values | News | princewilliamtimes.com
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Grist: The surging demand for data is guzzling Virginia’s water
The surging demand for data is guzzling Virginia’s water | Grist The commonwealth is home to the data center capital of the world. Can it handle AI’s thirst?
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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 …