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 …

CALL TO ACTION: Another Data Center Transmission Line for Gainesville?!

It is now clear.  The only lesson learned from the chaos of the Haymarket Transmission line is that Prince William County government is prone to repeat the same mistakes.  We have another data center project proposed for the Gainesville district on the outskirts of the Read More …

More data centers, transmission line and substations for Haymarket/Gainesville

The Planning Commission voted on April 21 to approve a proposal for a 1.2M sq. ft. data center campus 1/2 mile from the southeast end of Haymarket.  The Village Place Technology Park of Gainesville along Rte. 55, adjacent to 222 homes in Village Place, will Read More …

Elena Schlossberg: Haymarket Transmission Line fight lessons should not be ignored

From: elena s Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 1:59 PM To: Wheeler, Ann <awheeler@pwcgov.org>; Angry, Victor S. <VSAngry@pwcgov.org>; peter candland <pcandland@pwcgov.org>; yvega@pwcgov.org; mfranklin@pwcgov.org; kboddye@pwcgov.org; abailey@pwcgov.org; Lawson, Jeanine M. <JLawson@pwcgov.org>; CMWinn@pwcgov.org; Chris Martino <cmartino@pwcgov.org>; pagrawal@pwcgov.org; Horner, Rebecca <RHorner@pwcgov.org>; Robl, Michelle R. <mrobl@pwcgov.org> Subject: Haymarket Transmission Line Read More …

Elena Schlossberg: Economic Development

From: elena s Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 11:52 AM To: Winn, Christina M. <CMWinn@pwcgov.org> Cc: Agrawal, Parag <pagrawal@pwcgov.org>; kd >> Kim Hosen <kdhosen@gmail.com>; Wheeler, Ann <awheeler@pwcgov.org>; Angry, Victor S. <VSAngry@pwcgov.org>; Franklin, Margaret <mfranklin@pwcgov.org>; Boddye, Kenny <kboddye@pwcgov.org>; Vega, Yesli <yvega@pwcgov.org>; Candland, Peter <PCandland@pwcgov.org>; Lawson, Jeanine Read More …