Below are links to important articles on data center development in Northern Virginia:

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Editorials/Opinion:

·         Western Prince William County Could House an Estimated 130+ Data Centers - Bristow Beat – 8/23/22

·         Planning Commission Could Recommend'Tech Flex' Where Neighbors Oppose - Bristow Beat – 9/23/22

·         Listen to the People and Vote 'No' to Prince William Digital Gateway - Bristow Beat – 9/30/22

·         Nearly 100 Groups Are on Record Opposing the Prince William Digital Gateway - Bristow Beat – 10/21/22

·         Beware the Numbers Game Played by Proponents of PW Digital Gateway - Bristow Beat – 11/1/22

·         The Wheeler Distort: PW Digital Gateway Lies that Refuse to Die - Bristow Beat – 12/1/22

OPINION: Prince William Should Increase Buffer Requirements Where Industrial Areas Meet Residential - Bristow Beat - 2/23/23

Anti-Digital Gateway Activist Endorses Deshundra Jefferson for Chair - Bristow Beat - 4/12/23

Elective Campaigns:

·         Satterwhite, Republican Candidate for Gainesville Supervisor, Urges PW Supervisors to Delay Comp Plan Vote - Bristow Beat – 12/10/22

·         Haymarket Councilman Bob Weir Announces Campaign for Gainesville Supervisor - Bristow Beat – 12/13/22

·         Democrat Kerensa Sumer Announces Campaign for Gainesville Supervisor - Bristow Beat – 12/20/22

·         UPDATE: Republicans to Hold Mass Meeting to Select Candidate for Gainesville Supervisor - Bristow Beat – 12/28/22

·         Haymarket Councilman Bob Weir Wins Republican Nomination for Gainesville Supervisor - Bristow Beat – 1/3/23

Bob Weir Wins Special Election to Become Gainesville Supervisor - Bristow Beat - 2/21/23

Prominent Prince William Republicans Denounce Kenn Knarr as Party's Nominee for Board of Supervisors Chairman - Bristow Beat - 4/11/23

Electrical Power:

·         CALL TO ACTION - Another Data Center Transmission Line for Gainesville?! - Bristow Beat – 6/14/21

Historical & Cultural:

·         Battlefield superintendent calls data center plan the 'single greatest threat to the park' in decades | News | princewilliamtimes.com – 12/7/21

·         LETTER: Rural crescent data center debate should focus on local history | Opinion | princewilliamtimes.com – 12/30/21

·         Filmmaker Ken Burns warns of 'devastating impact' of data centers near Manassas battlefield | News | princewilliamtimes.com – 1/7/22

·         LETTER: Don’t let data centers threaten county’s African-American historic sites | Opinion | princewilliamtimes.com – 1/14/22

·         County Historical Commission recommends denial of controversial 'digital gateway' plan | News | princewilliamtimes.com – 9/14/22

·         Prince William County Historical Commission urges denial of ‘digital gateway’ plan | News | princewilliamtimes.com – 10/12/22

Land Use:

·         Yondr Group Acquires 270 Acres in Prince William, Loudoun Counties to Develop Data Centers - Bristow Beat – 6/8/21

·         Comp Plan Amendment Proposal Could Bring Up to 6,500+ Homes to Vint Hill Area in Brentsville - Bristow Beat – 12/10/22

·         Prince William Supervisors Add 6,500 Homes in Vint Hill Area of Bristow, Nokesville to 2040 Comp Plan - Bristow Beat – 12/16/22

Legislation:

·         State Senator Proposes Reevaluating Virginia's Data Center Industry - Bristow Beat – 1/11/23

·         Virginia Lawmakers Propose Legislation to Prevent and/or Regulate Data Center Near Manassas Battlefield - Bristow Beat – 1/18/23

Noise:

Scientific Study Says Data Center Noise Would Hinder Operations at Bristow, Gainesville Schools - Bristow Beat - 2/1/23

Planning/Process:

·         Prince William Supervisors Took No Action to Reconsider Devlin Community - Bristow Beat – 4/1/20

·         Brentsville Supervisors Fears Comp Plan Directive Threatens Rural Crescent - Bristow Beat – 3/11/21

·         Supervisors to Hire Consultant to Advise on Expanding Datacenter District - Bristow Beat – 5/19/21

·         Board Approves 'Village Place Technology Park' Data Center along John Marshall Highway - Bristow Beat – 7/18/21

·         Prince William County to Formally Consider Data Centers Adjacent to Battlefield - Bristow Beat – 7/21/21

·         11 Data Buildings Would Surround Linton Hall Neighborhood in Bristow - Bristow Beat – 9/1/22

·         Planning Commission Recommends CPA for Digital Gateway Despite Unanswered Questions - Bristow Beat – 9/16/22

·         Planning Commission Recommends Less Friendly Version of Prince William Digital Gateway Without Community Input - Bristow Beat – 9/22/22

·         Chair Wheeler to Delay Prince William Digital Gateway Vote - Bristow Beat – 9/22/22

·         Supervisor Lawson Announces Comp Plan Meeting - Bristow Beat – 9/27/22

·         12 Conservation Groups Request Prince William Supervisors Send Digital Gateway Plan Back to Planning Commission - Bristow Beat – 10/19/22

·         Amberleigh Station Resident Blindsided that Data Centers Would be Built 100' from her Backyard - Bristow Beat – 10/27/22

·         Prince William Board of Supervisors Approves Digital Gateway Comp Plan Amendment via 5-2 Vote - Bristow Beat – 11/2/22

Prince William Supervisors Defer Vote on Devlin Tech Park to Consider Decreasing Data Center Footprint - Bristow Beat - 2/8/23

Stanley Martin Once Again Defers Vote on Devlin Tech Park - Bristow Beat - 3/6/23

Public Opposition:

·         Coalition to Protect Prince William County Opposes Data Center Near Forest Park - Bristow Beat – 3/16/21

·         Conservationist Groups Oppose Data Centers Near National Parks in Prince William County - Bristow Beat – 7/21/21

·         Nearly 100 Groups Are on Record Opposing the Prince William Digital Gateway - Bristow Beat – 10/21/22

·         Stanley Martin Home Tries to Sell Bristow Residents on Devlin Tech Park, but Residents Aren't Buying It - Bristow Beat – 1/26/23

Recalls & Malfeasance:

·         Prince William Residents Launch Effort to Recall Chair Ann Wheeler - Bristow Beat – 7/12/22

·         Gainesville Supervisor Pete Candland Resigns Effective Friday - Bristow Beat – 12/10/22

·         Coalition to Protect PW Tells Supervisors to Delay Comp Plan Vote Following Candland's Resignation - Bristow Beat – 12/12/22

Chair Wheeler Receives Donations Connected to Data Centers Ahead of Comp Plan Vote - Bristow Beat - 2/17/23

Water & Environmental:

·         NPCA: Proposed Data Centers in Northern Virginia Threaten National Parks, Drinking Water - Bristow Beat – 5/22/22

·         Prince William Supervisors Propose Water Study on Effects of Future Land Use Proposals - Bristow Beat – 7/28/22

·         Fairfax Water Urges Prince William County to Request Study on How Development Would Impact Occoquan Reservoir, Drinking Water - Bristow Beat – 7/28/22

      Virginia DEQ Proposes Allowing Data Centers to Run Diesel Generators Proactively During Spring, Summer Months - Bristow Beat - 2/24/23

      Impact of Va's proposed waiver of air pollution controls to allow for sustained diesel generation supply to northern Virginia Data Centers - Bristow Beat - 2/28/23

            

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