Data centers’ neighbors weigh in on how to manage them

By Fengxiu Zhang, Associate Professor of Policy and Government, George Mason University, Saba Siddiki, Professor of Citizenship and Democracy, Syracuse University, The Conversation · September 25, 2026

The people of northern Virginia have been living with data centers for many years. But even they are resisting new developments. And they have specific wishes for how to regulate them.

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