Washington Post: As data centers bloom, a century-old African American enclave is threatened

Washington Post: As data centers bloom, a century-old African American enclave is threatened By:  Antonio Olivo  July 2, 2017  4:08 p.m. Nathan Grayson helps his aunt Willetta Grayson, 91, walk to his car in Haymarket, Va. (Jason Andrew/For The Washington Post)   For at least Read More …

InsideNoVa: State rejects Prince William’s preferred Dominion Power line route

InsideNoVa By Alex Koma, akoma@insidenova.com, April 12, 2017    Roger Snyder/For InsideNoVa.com The route in yellow had been preferred by the county, but rejected by state regulators. An alternative proposal is expected to focus on access from the railroad tracks nearby. State regulators are rejecting Read More …

Data Center Knowledge: New Power Line for Amazon may run above Railroad despite opposition

https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2017/04/11/new-power-line-amazon-may-run-railroads-despite-opposition Map of proposed electric line routes for an expanded Amazon data center in Haymarket, Virginia, as drawn by Dominion Power in 2015. by Scott Fulton III  on April 11, 2017 The Virginia State Corporation Commission cleared the way last Thursday for the state’s largest Read More …

Richmond Times Dispatch: State Corporation Commission authorizes contentious transmission line for Amazon data center

Richmond Times Dispatch By:  Robert Zullo Elena Schlossberg, executive director of the Coalition to Protect Prince William County, has been accustomed to an uphill battle in the group’s fight against a proposed Dominion Virginia Power electric transmission line that will primarily serve an Amazon data Read More …

Del. Bob Marshall: It’s All For The Money

It’s All for the Money Virginia’s State Corporation Commission has made the case for a constitutional lawsuit against itself, Amazon and Dominion Power by their approval of two electric transmission routes (Railroad and Carver Road) to serve Jeff Bezos’s Amazon Haymarket data center, and their Read More …

InsideNOVA: General Assembly bill to clear up language has some worried that an amendment would benefit Dominion

http://www.insidenova.com/headlines/general-assembly-bill-to-clear-up-language-has-some-worried/article_9f5a3d8a-efcf-11e6-b51d-df02fde786fa.html By Alex Koma akoma@insidenova.com Feb 10, 2017   A seemingly obscure bill making its way through the General Assembly has caught the attention of Prince William County lawmakers and environmental advocates alike, as concerns grow that the legislation could end up affecting the controversial Read More …

WAVY.com-Associated Press: Trump’s attack tactics emerge in Virginia gubernatorial race

Trump’s attack tactics emerge in Virginia gubernatorial race ALAN SUDERMAN, Associated Press Published: February 1, 2017, 5:54 am RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Donald Trump’s often contentious path to becoming the 45th president included unusual battles with major businesses like Macy’s and Amazon. Trump mocked Macy’s Read More …

Richmond Times-Dispatch Letter to Editor: Decision on power lines was unfair

Editor, Times-Dispatch:  The State Corporation Commission’s hearing examiner recently recommended approval of the above-ground Carver Road alternative power lines for the Amazon data center project in Haymarket. This recommended route parallels Route 29 from Gainesville before cutting through neighborhoods and woodlands to swing north toward Read More …

Letter to Amazon: Inappropriately Placed Data Center Will Harm Residents and Community in Haymarket/Gainesville

Send your own letter to Amazon and Jeff Bezos Subject: Inappropriately Placed Data Center Will Harm Residents and Community in Haymarket/Gainesville, VA Dear Mr. Bezos, The purpose of this letter is to address with you a situation that involves Amazon and individuals being harmed by choices Read More …

Washington Post: Proposed Prince William data center prompts protest letter to Jeff Bezos

Wash Post: Proposed Prince William data center prompts protest letter to Jeff Bezos By Jonathan O’Connell Digger January 7, 2015 An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified Corporate Office Properties Trust as the owner of the proposed data center site. The owner has not Read More …