On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 9:16 AM Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
I view throwing everything into NOVA as being lazy. Throwing so many at one place isn't good for resiliency.
there's nyc and chicago and california :) (and dallas) but.. :) The discussions in local news (in nova) seem to center around: "but the noise!" "but the beautiful scenery!" "but the water poisoning!!" there were, apparently, some actual problems with how prince-william-county did their re-zoning work... like, I think, one of the administration folks 'had a ton of money tied up in DC company stock...' (that person may have recused themselves, but) If you peel back the layers a bunch of it actually looks pretty horrible for the people protesting: "NIMBY problems" "Our 'heritage'" i'm sure it'll work out in the end, but ... gonna be fun to watch.
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________________________________ From: "Sean Donelan" <sean@donelan.com> To: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2023 3:02:20 PM Subject: Northern Virginia has had enough with data centers
Backlash to data centers prompts political upset in northern Virginia By MATTHEW BARAKAT https://apnews.com/article/virginia-election-data-centers-prince-william-229...
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — The tech industry’s drive to dot the Virginia landscape with data centers may have hit a glitch this week in Prince William County.
[...] The plan, called the Prince William Digital Gateway, prompted one of the region’s biggest land-use disputes in decades. It was approved despite vocal opposition from residents concerned that the data centers are noisy, ugly, and consume massive amounts of electricity that require the addition of high-voltage transmission lines.
[...] Josh Levi, president of the Data Center Coalition, an industry trade group, said that data centers can make a compelling argument to local officials about the tax benefits that accrue from hosting data centers.
“The industry prioritizes maintaining an open, active, and collaborative dialogue with elected officials and candidates for office, their constituents, and other community stakeholders,” he said in a statement.
[...]