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Virginia regulators weigh expanded use of data centers’ polluting generators

This past summer, a fire at an electrical substation forced data centers in Loudoun County to rely on backup diesel generators as their power source.

Loudoun residents take fight against high-voltage power lines for Data Center Alley to SCC

All year, the residents of the Loudoun Valley Estates neighborhoods in Ashburn have been railing against a proposed high-voltage power line that could run through their community to energize dozens of data centers on the other side of town.

Loudoun School Board Hands Over Power to Unelected Teachers’ Union, Locking in Massive Raises at Taxpayer Expense

In a move that undermines the authority of our elected school board and silences the voices of parents and taxpayers, the Loudoun County School Board voted 7-1 on November 25, 2025, to ratify a historic collective bargaining agreement with the Loudoun Education Association.

Fire marshals investigate early morning barn fire in Leesburg

Investigators with the Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Fire Marshal’s Office remain at the scene to investigate an early morning fire in the Catoctin District.

The Loudoun County Emergency Communications Center was notified just before 2:00 am of a structure fire reported in the 43300 Block of Spinks Ferry Road. LCFR units responded from Lucketts and Leesburg as well as Lansdowne and Ashburn as well as Frederick County in Maryland. They found a 40′ x 40′ pole barn that was fully engulfed in flames.

Crews also began to work to contain the fire that was spreading into the nearby wooded area. Fire and rescue units are still on the scene, performing salvage, overhaul, and extinguishing pockets of hidden fire. There were no injuries reported to either civilians or firefighters.

The LCFR FMO is continuing to investigate this incident, and determine the damage estimate.

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