Some Louisa County Residents Celebrate Victory as Amazon Withdraws Data Center Proposal

Some Louisa County residents celebrate victory as Amazon withdraws data center proposal

LOUISA COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Some Louisa County residents celebrated what they consider a win for their community after Amazon Web Services (AWS) withdrew its application to build a third data center campus in the area. Back in May, AWS submitted a conditional use permit to build the facility in the county’s Technology Overlay District (TOD). However, after receiving strong pushback from residents during several public meetings, the company forma…

Amazon Web Services withdraws Louisa data center proposal

(The Center Square) – Amazon Web Services has withdrawn its application to build a sprawling new data center campus in Louisa County, pausing plans for what would have been its third major site in the area.

Fact-Checking Claims About a Proposed Hyperscale Data Center

The developer behind the $14.5 billion project in Alabama has suggested residents' concerns are based on misinformation. Here's what we know about the project and its impacts. By Lee Hedgepeth, Lanier Isom BESSEMER, Ala.-For Ron Morgan, the signs told the tale. He was among the dozens of residents who spilled into the Birmingham suburb's city hall chambers who were met by what they viewed as propaganda: Literal signs, the residents felt, that ci…