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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