Loudoun’s Data Center Boom: Prosperity at a Price
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The Verge analyzes Loudoun County, Virginia—the globe’s most concentrated data-center hub—tracing its origins from AOL’s era to today’s AI-driven buildout, the economic gains in tax revenue and schools, and the rising resident pushback over noise, power demands, and looming transmission lines as communities weigh the trade-offs of hosting America’s cloud infrastructure.
Topics:business#ai-infrastructure#community-backlash#data-centers#energy-grid#features#loudoun-county
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