InsideNoVa: Prince William County’s Planning Commission gets a makeover
Prince William County’s Planning Commission gets a makeover | Headlines | insidenova.com
Category: Data Centers
Silverlinings: AWS just went nuclear – and more hyperscalers could follow
AWS just went nuclear – and more hyperscalers could follow (silverliningsinfo.com)
Next Door: 3/3/24 Man Receives Electric Shock Burn under Transmission Lines along WO&D Trail
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InsideNoVa: Microsoft spends big on data center land near Gainesville
Microsoft spends big on data center land near Gainesville | Politics | insidenova.com
Prince William Times: Fauquier supervisor warns about data centers in Vint Hill
Fauquier supervisor warns about data centers in Vint Hill | News | princewilliamtimes.com
The Atlantic: AI is Taking Water From the Desert
AI Is Taking Water From the Desert (msn.com)
Buckle Up Prince William County: MORE Transmission Lines
Dear Coalition friends and supporters, We want to impress upon you, and our Supervisors, the magnitude of transmission lines and substations that are gathering like a storm at our collective doorstep. All for one undeniable reason. The Dominion Representative in Monday’s “stakeholder” meeting confirmed it
Dominion’s Massive “Extension Cord” for Data Centers through Gainesville and Brentsville districts
Barely five years after dealing with citizen uproar over multiple route possibilities cutting through communities for the Haymarket Transmission line, Dominion Energy is at it again. Dominion submitted the Daves Store Transmission line route to the SCC on Feb. 9, 2024 — completely ignoring citizen input.
The Nation: The Dirty Energy Fueling Amazon’s Data Gold Rush
The Dirty Energy Fueling Amazon’s Data Gold Rush | The Nation ENVIRONMENT / FEBRUARY 22, 2024 Northern Virginia is grappling with the environmental effects of a booming data-center empire. ELLA FANGER Amazon data centers loom over houses at the edge of the Loudoun Meadows neighborhood on January
PW Times: Prince William County is on track to become the world’s largest data center hub
Prince William County is on track to become the world’s largest data center hub | News | princewilliamtimes.com By Peter Cary Piedmont Journalism Foundation Feb 22, 2024 The Village Place Technology Park, under construction behind a townhome complex in Haymarket, is an example of data
The Guardian: Power grab: the hidden costs of Ireland’s datacentre boom
Power grab: the hidden costs of Ireland’s datacentre boom | Ireland | The Guardian A datacentre on the outskirts of Dublin. Photograph: Patrick Bolger/The Guardian Datacentres are part of Ireland’s vision of itself as a tech hub. There are now more than 80, using vast
Virginia Mercury: State lawmakers want to peel back the curtain at the nation’s biggest electrical grid operator
State lawmakers want to peel back the curtain at the nation’s biggest electrical grid operator – Virginia Mercury BY: ROBERT ZULLO – FEBRUARY 9, 2024 2:23 PM A Dominion substation in New Kent County, Virginia. (Sarah Vogelsong / Virginia Mercury) Last year, Maryland state lawmaker Lorig
BLOG: Dirty No.Va. Data Centers Cause Failure to Reach Climate Goals
Dirty No.Va. Data Centers Cause Failure to Reach Climate Goals (stoppathwv.com)
BBC.com: Future data centres may have built-in nuclear reactors
Future data centres may have built-in nuclear reactors (bbc.com) Feb. 14, 2024 By Michael DempseyTechnology reporter BBC Chris Sharp thinks that new data centres will need to be powered by their own nuclear reactors A man with a shiny metal Concorde model on his desk,
Data Center Dynamics: Nuclear-powered data center campus in Surry, Virginia, gets rezoning approval
Nuclear-powered data center campus in Surry, Virginia, gets rezoning approval – DCD (datacenterdynamics.com) Site will eventually house small modular nuclear reactors February 13, 2024 By Matthew Gooding A nuclear-powered data center campus in Surry, Virginia, has moved a step closer to fruition after planners approved
Frederick News-Post: Proposed power grid upgrades driven by Va. data centers could cost Marylanders $500M
Proposed power grid upgrades driven by Va. data centers could cost Marylanders $500M | Economy & business | fredericknewspost.com By Gabrielle Lewis glewis@newspost.com Feb 13, 2024 Staff photo by Ric Dugan A crew from Telecon Services work on installation of innerduct for fiber optic cable
Newsweek: Want to Reduce Power Outages? Move Grids Underground, Says Energy Expert
Want to Reduce Power Outages? Move Grids Underground, Says Energy Expert (newsweek.com) By Adam Piore Published Feb 08, 2024 Extreme weather is revealing the vulnerability of the nation’s power grid—with increasingly catastrophic consequences. Downed power lines likely played a role in igniting both the deadly 2018
Bisnow: Huge Data Center Campus Proposed In Virginia Would Test New Guidelines Aimed At Curbing Such Projects
Huge Data Center Campus Proposed In Virginia Would Test New Guidelines Aimed At Curbing Such Projects (bisnow.com) NationalData Center February 12, 2024 Dan Rabb, Data Centers A new data center developer has proposed a large-scale campus in Virginia’s Fauquier County that could test recently enacted restrictions
MD OPC (Office of People’s Counsel) Protest to FERC
MdOPC Protest and Affidavit of R. Nelson ER24-843 02-09-24