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World internet data hub relies on West Virginia coal power | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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. ....

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Now what the heck do we do about data centers?

Virginia’s 2024 legislative session wrapped up last month without any action to avert the energy crisis that is hurtling towards us.  Crisis is not too strong a word to describe the unchecked proliferation of power-hungry data centers in. ....

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