Category: News
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Video: Gainesville Crossing Data Center Campus – Tim Pappa
Citizen-posted video (4:19) in which Elena Schlossberg, executive director of the Coalition to Protect Prince William County, explains recent construction at the Gainesville Crossing Data Center Campus, including generators, rooftop cooling and a 230-kV line.
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News Coverage: Circuit Court voids Rezoning for Digital Gateway 8/7/25
BREAKING: Judge overturns Prince William Digital Gateway | News | princewilliamtimes.com Judge overturns Digital Gateway rezoning in Prince William | Headlines | insidenova.com Judge voids Prince William data centers, requires re-vote – Washington Times Judge Sides with Residents, Voids Prince Willi
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Court documents: Digital Gateway rezoning VOID ab initio – (Invalid from the outset)
The Digital Gateway rezoning was declared void ab initio – void from the beginning (ie: Invalid from the outset), by Circuit Court Judge Kimberly Irving on August 7, 2025. Access the order and opinion here: Order – Oak Valley HOA v. Prince William County Board Read More …
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WTOP: Prince William Co. residents push back against recommendation for another data center
After the Planning Commission voted 4-3 to recommend approval of another data center, residents pushed back. Elena Schlossberg, executive director of the Coalition to Protect Prince William County, is interviewed and says public officials haven’t done enough to keep track of the booming industry.
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NPR: Why more residents are saying ‘No’ to AI data centers in their backyard
NPR’s Virginia report on residents who oppose data centers. Elena Schlossberg takes the reporter on a driving tour, identifying data centers from a mile away by their rows of backup diesel generators; NPR calls her the go-to person for how to organize.
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Podcast: Virginia is for…data centers? Residents are increasingly saying ‘No’ – NPR
NPR audio report on Virginia, home to the world’s highest concentration of data centers. Elena Schlossberg drives the reporter around Prince William County; the transcript is on the NPR page. Many activists around the country now seek her out about how to organize.
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Press Release – Press Conference, July 10 – 6 PM
ProtectPWC.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE What: Dominion Energy Open House Vint Hill Substation Expansion When: Thursday July 10th Where: Marsteller Middle School 14000 Sudley Manor Dr., Bristow, VA 20136 Time : 6pm Vint Hill Expansion Project Featured Speakers – PWC Sustainability Commissioner, State E
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InsideNoVa Guest Opinion: Dominion Energy can do it a better way
Guest Column: Dominion Energy can do it a better way | Opinion | insidenova.com By Karen Sheehan June 29, 2025 Because of overwhelming demands for power from unconstrained data center development across Northern Virginia, PJM (our regional energy transmission organization) has approved Dominion Ener
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Business Insider: Series on Data Centers
Tallying the True Costs of AI – Business Insider https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-data-center-cost-2025-6 How Business Insider Investigated the True Cost of Data Centers – Business Insider https://www.businessinsider.com/how-calculate-data-center-cost-environmental-impact-methodology-2025-6 The ‘A
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Prince William Times: Report: Pushback stalls $64B in data center development
Community opposition is the focus of a Data Center Watch report on $64 billion in stalled data center development, republished from Inside Climate News. Elena Schlossberg is featured and pictured, with a note on her group’s role. (PW Times calls the group the “Coalition to Save Prince William County