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In the World’s Data Center Hotbed, How Close Is Too Close, and Who Should Pay?

Inside Climate News · By Charles Paullin · last updated
Dominion Energy wants to power a “hyperscale” data center a stone’s throw from a residential subdivision in Fairfax County, Virginia. The state’s leaders are bullish, but the center’s would-be neighbors are not thrilled.

By Charles Paullin

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Tyler Ray and his husband were drawn to their community, Bren Pointe, by the amenities that make Fairfax County such a desirable place to live in the Washington, D.C., suburbs of Northern Virginia. It’s close to shopping, dining and entertainment in Old Town and not far from Reagan National Airport. 

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