Northern Virginia has about 275 data centers
The noise complaints are about HVAC fan noise (24-hour droning) from
cooling towers or roof top farms of evaporative condensers.
The water complaints are about the one-use water cooling towers
The electric grid complaints are about the demand on the grid making the
entire region less stable and proposed construction of new high-voltage
tower corridors for data centers.
And if you didn't know, some VC-funded companies can be a**-holes and
not known for being good neighbors or anything besides making money.
And yes, I helped design & build several early data centers in NOVA :-)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/02/10/data-centers-northern-virginia-internet/
