Prince William Times: Data centers drive search for new power corridors

Data centers drive search for new power corridors | News | princewilliamtimes.com “Surging power demand in Northern Virginia, driven by the proliferation of data centers to support the internet, will mean lots more power lines and likely conflicts over who gets them in their backyards.  Read More …

Letter to Editor: Blame data centers for rising energy costs – Richmond Times

Letter: Virginia data centers could overwhelm the grid (richmond.com) Chair Ann Wheeler and her four fellow board members refuse to even entertain the notion that THEIR local decisions on data center development are contributing to these risks to providing reliable power. Letter: Blame data centers Read More …

PWC Data Centers require multiple NEW transmission lines and substations

We thought it would be a good idea to resurrect one of our most recent cartoons to remind people why one-term Chair Ann Wheeler’s plan to industrialize western Prince William County is so dangerous. The Coalition to Protect PWC has already shared with you that we, along with nearly Read More …

Opinion: Lame duck supervisors showed they will push more damaging land use decisions – Potomac Local

Opinion: Lame duck supervisors showed they will push more damaging land use decisions (potomaclocal.com) Letters to the Editor   July 26, 2023 at 2:13pm   [Photo: Markus Winkler/Unsplash] “It is important that elected representatives be accountable, consistent, transparent, and fair in decision-making. We must call them out when Read More …

BisNow: Local Opposition Kills $100M Data Center Project In Hot Oregon Market

A planned $100M data center in Oregon has been scrapped following opposition from local residents. By Dan Rabb          July 24, 2023         (Local Opposition Kills $100M Data Center Project In Hot Oregon Market (bisnow.com)) Startup data center developer Roundhouse Digital Infrastructure had planned to build Read More …

History’s final judgement has not yet been written

There are very few instances in life where the lessons of history do not need time to be validated. We are experiencing one of those rare opportunities. History is judging in real time.  This Board of County Supervisors does not need hindsight to understand the Read More …

Once again – Citizens county-wide IGNORED

Once again, local politics was reduced yesterday to a party line vote, with Jeanine Lawson’s resolution failing 5-3. Don’t Supervisors Vic Angry and Ann Wheeler KNOW they already voted unanimously to approve a lame duck resolution in 2020 put forward by Kenny Boddye? Here it is:  https://eservice.pwcgov.org/…/agendas/2020/0204/9-qq.pdf The 2020 Read More …

Media Advisory – Lame-Duck Moratorium Resolution

Media Advisory Citizens from throughout the county will be speaking up at a citizen-led press conference supporting a commonsense lame-duck resolution to refrain from voting on contentious land use applications post-November election until the new Board returns in January, after their scheduled winter break.  Chair Read More …