Data Center Frontier: Dominion Resumes New Connections, But Loudoun Faces Lengthy Power Constraints

Dominion Resumes New Connections, But Loudoun Faces Lengthy Power Constraints (datacenterfrontier.com) BY RICH MILLER – SEPTEMBER 26, 2022 1 COMMENT A large power substation in Data Center Alley in Ashburn, Virginia. (Photo: Rich Miller) Dominion Energy says it has resumed providing new connections to some Read More …

Bull Run Observer – Opinion: A look at the numbers:  Can Dominion supply electricity needed to operate PWDG?  Reader doubts grid will hold up

A look at the numbers:  Can Dominion supply electricity needed to operate PWDG?  Reader doubts grid will hold up September 16, 2022 Dear Prince William County: The Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA) 2021-00004 states that 27.6 million square feet of data centers (DCs) are being requested/planned.  Read More …

Bull Run Observer: Petition drives continue on attempts to recall Gainesville Supervisor and Chair of PWC Board of Supervisors

The Coalition is continuing to collect signatures for both the Candland and Wheeler recall petitions. ———————————————————– By E. Bruce Davis September 16, 2022 Elena Schlossberg, executive director of the Coalition to Protect Prince William County, recently reported that the citizens organization has obtained the required Read More …

MIT: The staggering ecological impacts of computation and the cloud

The staggering ecological impacts of computation and the cloud – MIT Schwarzman College of Computing The Cloud is not only material, but is also an ecological force. Source image: Taylor Vick, via Unsplash Anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate draws on five years of research and ethnographic Read More …

Another Haymarket-Gainesville Data Center Approved

************************************************************* Let’s take a moment to celebrate good things that are happening in the Rural Crescent – protecting our African American and Native American history.  Come Walk With Us – December 10th **************************************************************   The Board of Supervisors, in a 6-2 approval (with only Supervisors Read More …

Impending Community Crisis: Data Centers

Dear Coalition supporters, If you feel like this is a game of high stakes whack-a-mole, you are correct. Not ONLY is the Planning Office, at the direction of the Board of Supervisors, considering data center proliferation throughout the Occoquan Watershed AND adjacent to National Parks, we Read More …