PROTECT CATLETT
Protect Catlett, VA & Fauquier County from the Negative Impact of Data Centers
Protect Catlett, VA & Fauquier County from the Negative Impact of Data Centers
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Join our partners, The Piedmont Environmental Council, Citizens for Fauquier County, and Protect Fauquier, for a community meeting about proposed data centers and transmission lines in southern Fauquier County and surrounding areas.
When: April 29 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
What: Community Meeting on Data Centers and Transmission Lines in Bealeton.
Where: Liberty High School (auditorium) 6300 Independence Ave., Bealton, VA
Fauquier Data Center Policy: On 12/14/23, the Fauquier Board of Supervisors approved a new policy on data centers. Protect Catlett provided input to the policy, and we think it strengthens the protection of the county’s rural, agricultural, scenic, and historic heritage from the adverse impacts of data centers. The policy is strong in limiting data centers to the two locations currently allowed (Vint Hill PCID and Remington Business Park). As “policy”, it cannot establish new legal requirements. But it can and does lay the foundation for future ordinances and other changes that our groups would like to work with the new 2024 Board to advance further this year.
PJM Transmission Lines: On 12/11/23, PJM issued its decision on a list of transmission line and substation projects. While most of the earlier proposed Fauquier lines dropped off at least for this round, the PJM decision includes a set of projects in Southern Fauquier. This set of projects includes an existing transmission corridor out of Morrisville. It would rebuild an existing 500 KV line, and also build a second 500 KV line in the same corridor - from Morrisville north to the Vint Hill substation in PWC and onto Loudoun County - to provide power for data centers in Loudoun. We are still analyzing what is entailed, and the risk of ROW expansion and other implications.
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