Culpeper County leader says misinformation fuels data center outrage; residents push back
News Clip3:14ABC 7 News - WJLA·Culpeper County, VA·7/10/2026
Residents in Culpeper County are actively opposing the expansion of data centers, urging the Board of Supervisors to preserve the county's rural character and reject projects involving substations and transmission lines. A county leader attributes this outrage to misinformation, while residents continue to push back at meetings.
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Gov: Culpeper County Board of Supervisors
The data center push is extending into rural counties like Culpeper County.
That’s where several residents have shown up to meetings urging the Culpeper County Board of Supervisors to maintain the county’s rural character and say no to data centers and the substations and the transmission lines that come with them.
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