The Data Center Next Door
Virginia has become a hub for data centers, with more facilities than anywhere else globally. These developments are often built in close proximity to residential areas, raising concerns among local residents. Activists are highlighting the environmental impact and community tensions arising from this rapid expansion.
- ▪Amazon data centers are being constructed as close as 50 feet from homes in Aldie, Virginia.
- ▪Virginia has the highest number of data centers in the world.
- ▪Activists are warning about the displacement of land and community conflicts caused by data center developments.
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- ▪ The data center doomers must be defeated — Washington Examiner
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freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: "motherjones_right_rail_1", slotId: "ROS_ATF_300x600" }); On what was recently farmland, Amazon data centers have been built as close as 50 feet from houses in Aldie, Virginia.Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post/Getty Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Virginia might be for lovers, but more recently, it’s for data centers. The state has more data centers than anywhere in the world, and companies are pushing to build more of them, including around some of the most hallowed ground in the country: the Manassas National Battlefield Park.
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