Category: The Coalition to Protect PWC
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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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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
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Inside Climate News: Report Highlights Community Pushback Stalling $64 Billion in Data Center Development Nationwide
In Virginia, the world’s largest concentration of data centers, and nationally, local opposition has coalesced into a powerful, bipartisan force. Elena Schlossberg of Prince William County is quoted and featured. Also republished by the Virginia Mercury (May 21, 2025) and VPM (May 20, 2025).
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Video: Opposing the data center ‘extension cord for big tech’ in Prince William County – Tim Pappa
Citizen-posted video (3:45) of the coalition’s rally and press conference outside Dominion Energy’s May 15, 2025 open house at Patriot High School in Nokesville about a proposed 36-mile transmission line. Elena Schlossberg is a featured speaker, with Sen. Danica Roem.
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Video: The World Needs AI, But There’s a Problem – Bloomberg Originals
A 14-minute Bloomberg Originals video on the data center boom. The reporters travel with Elena Schlossberg, “sort of at the center of this fight,” on the Virginia Data Center Reform Coalition’s Richmond trip.
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WVTF: Youngkin data center amendment likely pushes issue into 2025 election
Of more than two dozen data center bills filed in the 2025 session only one planning bill survived, and Gov. Youngkin’s proposed amendment would weaken it. Elena Schlossberg is quoted on ratepayers subsidizing the industry and promises that data centers will be an issue for everyone running in 2025:
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Bisnow: Highly Anticipated Report Details Virginia’s Data Center Issues, Could Renew Efforts To Curb Industry
Highly Anticipated Report Details Virginia’s Data Center Issues, Could Renew Efforts To Curb Industry
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PWDG Litigation Appeal to Court of Appeals 12/4/24
Litigation 2024.12.03 Notice of Appeal to COA
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This Journey is Not Over!
“When one door closes, another opens.” While it is true that the judge for the Digital Gateway Demurrer hearing this week ruled against allowing the plaintiffs’ lawsuit to move forward to a local circuit court trial in Prince Willam County, the twist is that this judge AGREED WITH Read More …
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Thursday – Oct. 31 – First Digital Gateway Courtroom Challenge!
Thursday, October 31st is the day for our first court hearing. Prince William Circuit Court 9311 Lee Avenue, Manassas, VA 20110 DATE: Thursday, Oct. 31 TIME: 1 PM (Doors open 12:30 for seating) COURTROOM: 3RD Floor How do you make the arc of justice bend in Read More …