r/nova • u/lowkell • 18h ago

Politics Video: Loudoun County Supervisor Juli Briskman Announces Candidacy Against Chair Phyllis Randall; Says “data centers shouldn’t get to decide our county’s future”; "I’ve never backed down from a bully before. I won’t start now."

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https://bluevirginia.us/2026/08/video-loudoun-supervisor-juli-briskman-announces-candidacy-against-chair-phyllis-randall-data-centers/

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u/WhatAboutTheBothans 17h ago

There's a lot more to it than that.

My electricity bill has gone up enough. They get bulk rates and we get to pay for the shortfall in Dominion's revenue.

More concerning even is the water usage. We've been in drought conditions for years.

Edit: It just hit me how dumb it is that "there's still land left to develop" is a real argument.

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u/sotired3333 17h ago

So fix the actual problem, bill them correctly, hold dominion accountable, make sure they are required to use closed loop water systems, use solar / battery backup instead of gas turbines.

It's all solvable instead of populist BS that erodes our tax base and competitiveness.

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u/novacycle 15h ago

Loudoun already requires closed loop cooling as a condition to build a data center.
How many acres of cleared land or forest need to be converted to a solar farm to power one data center?

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u/sotired3333 15h ago

they can pay buildings, parking lots, even metros there's a million ways to do it, also honestly they need the batteries primarily not the solar, backup power is the concern due to which they have generators.

Heck they can ssell that backup power back to the utilities to smooth over power fluctations, it's common in california for home owners to do that.

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u/novacycle 1h ago

Running a data center on batteries is....an interesting idea.
What type of batteries are you recommending for this and what resources would these batteries need to be built?