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Data center protestors look to the sky, demand no diesel generator use

Protesters gather at the Virginia DEQ office in Woodbridge, urging state leaders not to allow data centers to use emergency backup diesel generators.

The next phase in the conservationists' battle against the proliferation of data centers in Northern Virginia has taken to the skies.

Protestors gathered today outside the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality office in Woodbridge to urge state officials not to allow data center operators to stray from the state's clean air laws and issue a variance to allow them to use diesel generators during high-stress on the power grid to power server farms in Fairfax, Prince William, and Loudoun counties.

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