I want to focus on one key point you made: “Finally, while I agree with the assertion that the industry is too secretive, it is still a relatively young industry, and hopefully they will learn.” I agree with this and have proposed to Governor Spanberger a way to stop studying data centers locality by locality and concurrently address the secrecy problem directly.
My recommendations are twofold:
1. A Data Center Project Manager Guide – a single operational standard that every data management project manager uses from day one to systematically analyze water, power, air, noise, fiscal, and cumulative impacts during the design phase, and to engage communities early with transparent data and design options.
2. A Virginia Data Center Standards Council – a mixed public‑private body (state agencies, universities, utilities, local governments, community organizations, and industry) that:
o Develops and maintains the statewide Project Manager Guide
o Issues public “Standards Met / Standards Not Met” opinions on each project’s impact analysis
o Maintains an online registry so residents, local boards, and reporters can see whether projects meet the standard
I recommend that FRA consider this proposal and, if you find it sound, help promote the idea to the Governor. Your voice has power.
Mr. Roberts and Mr. Fink,
I want to focus on one key point you made: “Finally, while I agree with the assertion that the industry is too secretive, it is still a relatively young industry, and hopefully they will learn.” I agree with this and have proposed to Governor Spanberger a way to stop studying data centers locality by locality and concurrently address the secrecy problem directly.
My recommendations are twofold:
1. A Data Center Project Manager Guide – a single operational standard that every data management project manager uses from day one to systematically analyze water, power, air, noise, fiscal, and cumulative impacts during the design phase, and to engage communities early with transparent data and design options.
2. A Virginia Data Center Standards Council – a mixed public‑private body (state agencies, universities, utilities, local governments, community organizations, and industry) that:
o Develops and maintains the statewide Project Manager Guide
o Issues public “Standards Met / Standards Not Met” opinions on each project’s impact analysis
o Maintains an online registry so residents, local boards, and reporters can see whether projects meet the standard
I recommend that FRA consider this proposal and, if you find it sound, help promote the idea to the Governor. Your voice has power.
When the river has dried to the bone multiple times the past year how can one say we have enough water?
Gray water then returned to the air we breathe after cooling a data center sounds more like the forever chemicals that cause cancer.
Will this " water savings" be the beverage of choice for uncontrolled growth and a water park?