On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 9:16 AM Mike Hammett <na...@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. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > Midwest-IX > http://www.midwest-ix.com > > ________________________________ > From: "Sean Donelan" <s...@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-229cb44d34ccf4bd1cc4e9f0d0131649 > > 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. > > [...] >
