Piedmont Journalism Foundation

30/10/2023

Government secrecy with regard to data centers is once again an issue in Warrenton, as the town pushed back against its critics on two fronts: its ongoing refusal to divulge emails between town officials discussing the pending Amazon data center and the heavily redacted site plan for the data center on Blackwell Road.

Government secrecy with regard to data centers is once again an issue in Warrenton, as the town pushed back against its critics on two fronts: its ongoing refusal to divulge

11/09/2023

Property slated to become a in Vint Hill has sold for nearly $2 million an acre, eclipsing the previous Fauquier record of about $1 million an acre paid by for its site on Blackwell Road in Warrenton. The latest sale nudges Fauquier property closer to data center land prices being seen in Loudoun and Prince William counties and reflects a new calculation of how much data center companies are willing to pay.

Property slated to become a data center in Vint Hill has sold for nearly $2 million an acre, eclipsing the previous Fauquier record of about $1 million an acre paid

31/08/2023

Spurred by an increasing number of power-hungry , the keepers of the electric grid in Northern Virginia are embarking on an ambitious, multi-billion-dollar plan to bring more electricity to the data center zones while shoring up other parts of transmission system. https://www.piedmontjournalism.org/latest-news-coverage

30/08/2023

From the outside, is exactly what it sounds like: a that grows its own ingredients and makes its own . However, what lies beneath the suds is a couple’s desire to become a community hub for their neighbors. https://www.piedmontjournalism.org/latest-news-coverage

01/08/2023

A Warrenton nonprofit, Citizens for Fauquier County, and 10 citizens who have sued to invalidate the town’s approval of an have filed to amend their complaint, saying that a zoning amendment that allowed the data center to go forward was passed in the wrong manner.

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13/06/2023

The message from the residents of , , and counties was straightforward during an industry conference: are sucking up vast amounts of power to the detriment of the state’s goals, and life.
https://www.fauquier.com/news/article_bcdac492-fcb1-11ed-90fa-171bd48d7f06.html

12/06/2023

’s next large complex could displace the , a recreational vehicle and camping trailer park tucked behind U.S. 29 in that has long provided a lower-cost housing option for long-stay visitors and workers.

https://www.fauquier.com/news/article_2ce7b07c-67bf-586a-92eb-f88e99aea804.html

30/05/2023

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25/04/2023

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24/04/2023

The Town of Warrenton, Virginia is considering a plan to buy the Warrenton Horse Show Grounds on East Shirley Avenue for $1.6 million using a portion of the town’s COVID-19 relief money. The idea is to turn the property into a public park while allowing the historic Warrenton horse and pony shows to continue there.

The Town of Warrenton is considering a plan to buy the Warrenton Horse Show Grounds on East Shirley Avenue for $1.6 million using a portion of the town’s COVID-19 relief

18/04/2023

Virginia’s environmental regulators have dropped a proposal to allow Northern Virginia to disconnect from the electrical grid and run on their during power shortages after the idea ran into a firestorm of criticism.

Virginia’s environmental regulators have dropped a proposal to allow Northern Virginia data centers to disconnect from the electrical grid and run on their diesel generators during power shortages after the idea ran into a firestorm of criticism.

17/04/2023

A Texas-based developer is set to meet next week with Fauquier County officials to discuss the first steps for a Catlett property to accommodate as many as five data centers and a new electrical substation.

A Texas-based data center developer is set to meet next week with Fauquier County officials to discuss the first steps for rezoning a Catlett property to accommodate as many as five data centers and a new electrical substation.

10/04/2023

A lawsuit filed by Citizens for Fauquier County and 10 town residents last week claims that Amazon Web Services did not supply the town with required tree-preservation information in its application for a special-use permit to build on the property, which the lawsuit lists as one of the reasons the permit approved by the town council should be invalidated.

Amazon’s cutting down of hundreds of trees on the Warrenton property slated for a new data center is being doubly challenged.

10/04/2023

Newly emerged documents and interviews with wildlife and environmental experts show a correlation between the timing of the Amazon Data Center tree-cutting and federal efforts to protect an animal weighing less than a third of an ounce: the northern long-eared bat.

In early March, Amazon embarked on what has become a controversial undertaking – the cutting down of hundreds of trees at the Blackwell Road site in Warrenton where it plans

28/03/2023

Citizens for Fauquier County, a -based advocacy group, and 10 town residents filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to overturn the town council’s approval of an Web Services data center at the northeastern gateway to the town.

Citizens for Fauquier County, a Warrenton-based conservation advocacy group, and 10 town residents filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to overturn the town council’s approval of an Amazon Web Services data

13/03/2023

Work began this week at the Blackwell Road site where the approved the new even though the company has yet to receive any land-clearing or building permits. And that has a group of residents who opposed the facility up in arms.

Work began this week at the Blackwell Road site where the Warrenton Town Council approved the new Amazon Web Services data center even though the company has yet to receive

13/03/2023

After hearing objections and complaints from scores of citizens and environmental watchdogs, the has modified a proposed change to state rules that would allow to run their generators as needed when the electric grid is strained.

After hearing objections and complaints from scores of citizens and environmental watchdogs, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has modified a proposed change to state rules that would allow data