Data Center Signal is tracking 3 clips about Starwood Capital data center developments across 1 states, including VA.
About 200 people rallied outside Starwood Capital’s planned Plaza 500 data center site in the Bren Mar Park community to support a moratorium on data center development in Virginia. The project would be built by right near residential neighborhoods, making it a focus of local opposition.
About 200 people rallied at the Plaza 500 site in the Bren Mar Park community to urge Virginia to impose a moratorium on new data center development. Protesters opposed Starwood Capital’s planned data center complex and an associated Edsall Road substation, citing potential impacts on neighborhoods, water, pollution, noise and electricity costs.
The Bren Mar Park community in Fairfax County, VA, is actively opposing Starwood Capital's Plaza 500 data center project, with a crucial public hearing scheduled for a necessary electrical substation proposed by Dominion Energy. Separately, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors plans to consider a moratorium on data center applications due to widespread community concerns. Both developments highlight escalating local government and resident pushback against data center expansion in Northern Virginia.