The industry’s explosive growth — first over the past decade in Loudoun County and more recently in Prince William County — has triggered anxiety among residents, environmentalists and officials.
As hulking, energy-guzzling data centers mushroom across the western reaches of Northern Virginia, environmentalists are warning of dire consequences for a local national jewel — Shenandoah National Park.
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It is the most densely populated village in Rappahannock County. It has its own voting precinct. It adjoins Shenandoah National Park and is home to the headwaters of the Rappahannock