Data Center and Gas Plant DENIED in Pittsylvania County

By |2025-05-01T10:59:02-04:00May 1, 2025|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Data Centers, Stopping Fossil Fuel Infrastructure, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , |

Pittsylvania Board of Supervisors denied rezoning 750 acres of agricultural land for a proposed data center complex and gas-fired power plant.

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Bill of the Day: Responsible Data Center Development

By |2025-05-07T14:17:47-04:00February 12, 2025|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Data Centers, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , |

Virginia's data center industry is growing rapidly, creating an unprecedented demand for energy, land, and water to operate. Virginia must take a comprehensive approach to reform the data center industry in order to mitigate these impacts.

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Bill of the Day: Mitigating the Impact of Data Centers’ Explosive Growth

By |2024-03-21T13:42:33-04:00February 8, 2024|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Data Centers, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , , |

VCN advocates regulating data center growth to assess their impact on natural resources, energy consumption, and public health before development.

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Land Use & Transportation Policy: 2023 General Assembly Review

By |2024-04-04T15:28:46-04:00March 2, 2023|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Data Centers, Public Transit, Transportation Electrification, Updates From The Capital, Walking & Biking|Tags: , , , , , , |

Policies to defend Clean Car Standards, make streets safer for people who walk and bike, and support public transit funding.

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Bill of the Day: Data Centers’ Impact on the Environment

By |2024-04-30T13:31:33-04:00February 9, 2023|Categories: Conservation News Across the Commonwealth, Data Centers, Updates From The Capital|Tags: , , , |

Data centers consume massive amounts of resources, and we don’t fully know just how bad the consequences will be. Support SJ240!

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