Featured interviews
Some of the bigger interviews with Elena Schlossberg and the Coalition, newest first. More coverage is on the In the News page.
▶Balancing Act with John Katko, Ep. 132: Data Centers: Boon or Burden?
PBS / WCNY · Oct 9, 2026Elena debates a Data Center Coalition executive and an energy expert on whether data centers’ benefits outweigh local impacts (26 min).
On with Kara Swisher: Can Data Centers Be Done Right?
Apple Podcasts · Aug 6, 2026Elena joins Erin Brockovich, Logan Mitchell and Lansing Mayor Andy Schor on the industry’s environmental and political impact.
▶Northern Virginia residents and lawmakers sound off on data centers in town hall
WJLA ABC7 (7News) · Jun 15, 2026Video report (~2 min) from a Manassas town hall hosted by Sen. Louise Lucas on data center tax breaks, with residents who live near data centers and an industry representative. Elena is not named in the report.
▶The Data Center Next Door
Reveal (Center for Investigative Reporting / PRX) · May 16, 2026Podcast episode on data centers spreading across the country; Elena is featured in the Prince William County segment.
▶For Humanity #84: She Spent 12 Years Fighting Amazon. Now She Wants to Cut the Power to AI.
For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast · May 2, 2026Elena is the sole guest (about 51 min) on her 12-year fight and why the next one is bigger.
Support for data centres plummets in industry ‘capital’ | Elena Schlossberg
The Tech Report (YouTube) · Apr 21, 2026A ~39-minute one-on-one interview: “The data centre industry, it’s like a plague.”
Prince William Digital Gateway Press Conference – April 7, 2026
Prince William Conservation Alliance (YouTube) · Apr 8, 2026Elena opens the press conference calling on the Board of Supervisors to withdraw from the Digital Gateway litigation (39 min).
▶Audacious Nimby Video Podcast, Ep. 5: Featuring Elena Schlossberg
Audacious Nimby · Mar 8, 2026First guest on the series: the Digital Gateway, rural land and water.
▶Data center battle pits Big Tech against local homeowners
Fox News Channel – America’s Newsroom · Feb 20, 2026Elena is interviewed (on-screen lower-third: “Protect Prince William County Group”) in this ~4-minute segment on the fight between data centers and local homeowners.
How Data Centers Are Changing Prince William County
Virginia Insider / Potomac Local News · Jan 22, 2026A ~20-minute interview with Potomac Local News reporter Kelly Seinkowski.
▶Virginia is for…data centers? Residents are increasingly saying ‘No’
NPR (audio feature) · Jul 16, 2025Elena drives an NPR reporter through Data Center Alley; transcript on the NPR page.
The World Needs AI, But There’s a Problem
Bloomberg Originals (YouTube) · Apr 22, 2025Bloomberg’s reporters travel with Elena, “sort of at the center of this fight” (14 min).
▶Data center community meeting canceled amidst controversy
FOX 5 DC (WTTG) · May 2, 2023Elena is interviewed on camera about the canceled QTS community meeting.
Videos
Earlier videos from the Coalition’s archive, with a short description of each.
40 acres of historic Manassas Battlefield Park land would be taken by the Bi-County Parkway
Coalition to Protect PWC · Feb 2022 · 1:31A short clip the Coalition shared on Feb. 27, 2022 (file name credits it to Ghadban) showing how about 40 acres of historic Manassas National Battlefield Park land would be taken by the proposed Bi-County Parkway. The Coalition said the “zombie highway” resurfaced once the Digital Gateway comprehensive plan amendment was filed, and urged residents to speak up.
Citizen Questions Amazons’ Massive Water Consumption
The Coalition to Protect Prince William County (YouTube) · Aug 17, 2015 · 3:34A citizen raises concerns about placing a data center on the outskirts of a rural planned community. The Coalition’s Aug. 18, 2015 post says Dominion Valley resident Martin Jensen questions the secrecy surrounding Amazon, Dominion Power and the Prince William County Service Authority, including Amazon’s $4.5 million payment to erase unpaid water and sewer bills.
No special-interest power lines in PWC | Elena Schlossberg
The Coalition to Protect Prince William County (YouTube) · Jul 27, 2015 · 2:16Residents speak out against special-interest power lines proposed by Dominion Power on behalf of its corporate client, Amazon (YouTube description: “Such incredible passion! Watch as We the People speak out…”).
Virginia Leaders Stand Tall vs. “Corporate Vandalism”
The Coalition to Protect Prince William County (YouTube) · Jul 17, 2015 · 4:25Prince William County’s elected leaders vow to stand up against “corporate vandalism”: Dominion Power and Amazon’s plan to erect power lines through an historic rural area at taxpayers’ expense. Dominion has admitted the plan is designed to serve only one customer, Amazon.
Jeff Brown: public comment to the Board of County Supervisors
The Coalition to Protect Prince William County (YouTube) · Aug 17, 2015 · 2:16Speaking in support of reconsidering the rezoning, the speaker says he is not opposed to data centers or power lines but notes the proposed transmission line would carry about 800 megawatts, enough for eight data centers, which would conflict with the Rural Crescent, and that cooling water supply is a key problem. (Summary from the video’s captions.)
Karen Sheehan addresses the Prince William County Board of Supervisors
The Coalition to Protect Prince William County (YouTube) · Aug 17, 2015 · 3:54A Gainesville District resident speaks in support of a resolution. She describes learning that Dominion wanted to clear a 100-foot-wide path for 110-foot transmission towers, that Amazon planned another data center near Haymarket, and asks why such projects are not in the county’s technology park where power and water infrastructure already exist. (Summary from the video’s captions.)
Bob Weir: public comment to the Board of County Supervisors
The Coalition to Protect Prince William County (YouTube) · Aug 17, 2015 · 3:13Bob Weir of the Gainesville District speaks in support of a resolution, arguing power lines and data centers are inseparably linked and that Prince William allowed data centers by right in 13 of 15 commercial zoning districts (87%), compared with 29% in Loudoun and 25% in Stafford; he said Fauquier requires a special overlay district. (Summary from the video’s captions.)
Haymarket Town Councilman speaks to the Board of County Supervisors
The Coalition to Protect Prince William County (YouTube) · Aug 17, 2015 · 0:52A Haymarket town councilman speaks for himself and his constituents in support of a resolution before the Board of County Supervisors and asks the board to keep it intact. (Summary from the video’s captions.)
Photos
Photos from the Coalition’s events, rallies, hearings and the land at stake.
Photos are from the Coalition’s archive on protectpwc.org; captions are taken from the posts they appeared in. Click a photo to see it larger.