HOA Roundtable

  Data Center noise is real, and it will ruin your quality of life. And the quality of your sleep. And the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, up until now, does not give a damn. But the insanity of Data Center Sprawl has to stop -- or all of us will be forced from our homes or just have to live with the constant noise bombarding our homes every second of every minute of every hour of every day of the year. Check out this news report about a Prince William County community whose lives are being disrupted by an Amazon Data Center. CLICK ON THE SHARE BUTTON NEXT TO THE HEADLINE OF THIS BLOG POST TO SHARE IT TO YOUR FACEBOOK OR OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.

    Data Centers and Environmental Justice in PWC   According to the EPA website on Environmental Justice:   “Fair treatment  means no group of people should bear a disproportionate share of the negative environmental consequences resulting from industrial, governmental and commercial operations or policies.”   In the span of about a year, the PW Board of County Supervisors (BOCS) has burdened the residents of Gainesville/Bristow/Haymarket with an extremely disproportionate burden of data centers approved close to homes and schools . There are currently about 40 data centers approvals in this area, and if the Devlin Technology Park which passed Planning Commission moves forward, it will be closer to about 50.     In addition, if the BOCS approves the PW Digital Gateway CPA in Fall 2022, it would allow zoning for another 90 data centers and would basically triple the already severe environmental injustice for this community.   The injustice being perpetrated on the Gainesville co

  Guest post by Bill Wright, a resident of Prince William County Did you hear?  Our Supervisors want to lower your taxes.  And every drug dealer peddling his addictive drugs wants everyone to kick the habit.   The latest fairy tale from Chair Ann Wheeler is that increased revenue from plowing up our heritage for more data centers will result in a lower tax burden for homeowners.  And more money for schools, parks, police and fire protection.     Did you realize that data centers can also help you lose weight?     Data Centers are the miracle cure for everything that ails us.   Before you fall for this deal with the devil, check out what is already happening.     Right now, Prince William has 27 operating data centers and many others under development.  Yet the annual residential real estate tax bill will rise by an average of $233 in 2022, in addition to a new 4% meals tax on struggling local restaurants.     And I thought Chair Wheeler said the reason we were courting data centers to