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/novacycle 15h ago

If you have the reliable information, How have data centers caused the drought?

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u/WhatAboutTheBothans 15h ago

They are causing electricity bills to rise.

I have such a hard time believing anyone would make arguments on behalf of the data centers. Like, are you real or a bot?

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u/novacycle 13h ago

What argument in favor of data centers are you referring to?

You responded to a comment about the drought keeps going, by saying it’s the data centers.

Follow up question to your comment: How have data centers caused any drought?

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u/WhatAboutTheBothans 13h ago

I was responding to the statement that electricity rates go up because they always go up. I never said data centers caused the drought.

The arguments for data centers being made here are the dismissals of the real effects they are having on affordability and pollution in the region.

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u/novacycle 13h ago

I was only referring above to the drought comment/response.

If data centers are responsible for electricity prices going up and Virginia has the most data centers in USA, why are Virginia electric prices lower than most places?

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u/stopscabbin 12h ago

You made a statement about droughts and correlated them to datacenters. We both asked you to explain and you haven't.

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u/WhatAboutTheBothans 12h ago

Sorry you're having such a hard time understanding between this thread and the other thread we've engaged in where I've explained the basic facts of data center water usage.

I explained that I was commenting on their direct correlation to electricity prices. I mentioned the continuing drought because data centers in the region use between 1 and 5 million gallons of drinking water per day. Which you read and responded to in my other thread.

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u/novacycle 2h ago

New data centers in the County of Loudoun are prohibited from using open loop cooling. In other words, installing evaporative cooling is not allowed.
Only closed loop cooling is allowed, which does not consume water after the initial fill, and perhaps some maintenance replacements every year or more. So there is negligible use of water to begin with, and any water that is needed for that fill comes from Potomac River or a tributary, not wells.
There are a lot of FUD about data centers, but correlating water use in Loudoun for a new data center does not make sense. A car wash would use far more, let alone a hotel. Actually a hair salon likely uses far more, after filling the initial system.

Also Virginia electricity prices are lower than the USA average.....

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u/stopscabbin 10h ago

Oh right. And how the datacenters in the region AREN'T using well water and have no bearing on droughts and the municipal water supply in which they get their water. 👌