Goochland Residents Rebuff Data Center Developer Tract Ahead of Permit Application

Goochland residents push back on proposed data center campus

Wearing red shirts and carrying signs, roughly 100 people gathered outside Goochland High School on Thursday night to protest a proposed data center campus that, if built to current specifications, would require nearly 70 times more electricity than all of…

Goochland residents rebuff data center developer Tract ahead of permit application

Cynthia Haas speaks against data center development in Goochland County, July 2026. (Photo by Shannon Heckt/Virginia Mercury)On Thursday evening, dozens of Goochland residents donned red t-shirts and held signs that spelled out their displeasure with the idea of multiple data centers being built in the county’s technology overlay district that butts up against Mosaic, a 55+ neighborhood that hosts over 500 homes. “We want to make sure that every…

Is a new data center era coming to Goochland? Residents are pushing back.

Wearing red shirts and carrying signs, roughly 100 people gathered outside Goochland High School on Thursday night to protest a proposed data center campus that, if built to current specifications, would require nearly 70 times more electricity than all of…

Goochland Residents Rebuff Data Center Developer Tract Ahead of Permit Application (7-28-2026)

On Thursday evening, dozens of Goochland residents donned red t-shirts and held signs that spelled out their displeasure with the idea of multiple data centers being built in the county’s technology overlay district that butts up against Mosaic, a 55+ neighborhood that hosts over 500 homes. “We want to make sure that everyone understands that we don’t want data centers in Goochland,” resident Cynthia Haas said outside Goochland High School, wher…