"We Can't Move Forward": Brookfield-Backed Compass Abandons Virginia Data Center Project

"We Can't Move Forward": Brookfield-Backed Compass Abandons Virginia Data Center Project Compass Datacenters is abandoning a massive data center project in Northern Virginia after what Bloomberg described as "intense pushback from local residents." The retreat comes as local opposition to data center buildouts accelerates nationwide, with residents increasingly furious over surging power demand, soaring electricity bills, land-use battles, and transmission lines cutting through neighborhoods and farmland. We were the first to describe the epicenter of the data center buildout revolt in the Mid-Atlantic area, all the way back in the summer of...