Virginia Community Voids a $100B Data Center Project
gen220
14 points
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September 03, 2026
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gen220
archived article: https://archive.ph/YRYU9
master_crab
I work in tech (like most of us on this website). But I’m originally from Northern VA. If you travel down Route 7, Route 50 or any of the numerous Parkways in the area you will see mile after mile of double height buildings just blighting what was otherwise a fairly bucolic area of the Appalachian foothills.