ALEXANDRIA, VA — The Save Bern Mar Coalition is asking residents to attend a Dec. 2 public hearing on a five-acre Dominion Energy substation that would serve a data center campus planned by Starwood Capital, Annandale Today reports.
About 28,000 residents in the Mason District and the city of Alexandria live within a mile of the planned data center campus. The substation would be just 67 feet from some homes in the Ridges of Edsall townhome community.
The data center is classified as a "by-right" project, meaning it does not require a public hearing, rezoning or approval from the county Board of Supervisors. However, it cannot move forward without the substation, which requires a hearing. Save Bern Mar hopes to stop the substation, which could also prevent the data center from being built.
The Planning Commission hearing will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Board Auditorium at the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway in Fairfax.
The coalition is also asking residents to attend the Mason District Land Use Committee meeting Nov. 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Belvedere Elementary School, 6540 Columbia Pike.
Read more at Annandale Today.
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