CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. A helicopter hovers over the Gee family farm, the noisy rattle echoing inside their home in this rural part of West Virginia. It s holding surveyors who are eyeing space for yet another power line next to the property a line that will take electricity generated from coal plants in the state to address a drain on power driven by the world s internet hub in Northern Virginia 35 miles away.
Virginia data centers that process nearly 70% of global digital traffic need more electricity. Coal-fired power plants in neighboring states will provide it.
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Today marks the 20th anniversary of the day that more than 50 million North Americans found themselves without power, in what's now known as the great North America blackout.