A Virginia family's fight against a 185-foot power line through their backyard, driven by data center expansion
A guest essay by Madison Taggart detailing the personal impact of a proposed 185-foot power line cutting through her family's property in Loudoun Valley Estates, driven by the hyperscale data center industry's growth. The piece covers the community's fight at the School Board and SCC (State Corporation Commission) to oppose the Golden to Mars power line routes, highlighting the human cost behind data center expansion — families, backyards, and neighborhoods caught in the middle of industrial infrastructure decisions.
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It's so easy when covering hyperscale data centers to report on concrete and servers. Or cooling systems, megawatts, and zoning maps. It's hard to picture the families it impacts or the backyards that get caught in the middle of an industry's growth.
A 185-foot power line is set to cut through...
The Loudoun Valley Estates (LVE) Community packing the School Board meeting in 2025 to request they participate in the Golden to Mars case at the SCC to push against the Golden to Mars routes proposed.
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