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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Will data centers be a boon for the county or should they look elsewhere? The chance at redevelopment of tht Six Flags site and contiued efforts at gentrification inside the beltway (Addison Road is up next) will present challenges and opportunities

[/quote] As an aside, what ever happened to Landover Mall area ? I know they closed the mall years ago, but what happened to the property ? I think the Learners owned it. [/quote]

The Lerners still own it and they’ve just let it be a rotting eyesore.

I can’t believe a data center is the best they can do with a chunk of land right by the beltway.

One exit down there’s a huge, thriving mall. [/quote]

People need to fight against the data centers. It will not benefit the county. It will drive up the power bills, bring noise pollution and air pollution. Don't make the same mistake Northern Virginia made. [/quote]

100%. They don't bring more than a handful of jobs, either.

A conservative friend in Virginia is furious about data centers near him in Sterling. He said aside from being loud, one thing people don't know is how awful they are in terms of water. Data centers need to salt and otherwise treat potable water to get it below freezing temperature while staying a liquid in order to cool their servers. After this water cycles through, it is dumped, either into local water bodies or into sewers. If the former, imagine spraying your garden with "mineral-rich" water polluted with salts and heavy metals. What grows isn't going to be edible. If the latter, unfortunately our wastewater treatment systems are not set up to treat this water effectively. (Spoiler alert: no one's is).

Until data centers can be self-sufficient in terms of water use and much closer to self-sufficient for power use, they are awful for communities.

As a side note, one of the ways data centers use effluent water is to use its evaporative cooling effect on its other water. Some of you may be old enough to remember the negative health effects nationwide due to unleaded gasoline. [/quote]

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