Hanover residents rally against large-scale data center proposal

The fight over a proposed large-scale data center campus in Hanover County is far from over. After the county's planning commission delayed its vote in February, residents came out to a meeting Thursday to continue the movement. As dozens of Hanover residents packed the planning commission meeting room on Thursday, March 19 to voice their opposition, one resident called on the crowd, saying: "If you're against this data center … stand up. This prompted many to rise in unison. The project, called the Mountain Road Tech Park, would rezone 430 acres near Route 33 and Mountain Road in Ashland, allowing a developer to turn it into a data center campus. https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/hanover-county/residents-rally-against-proposed-data-center/