Protesters call for moratorium on data centers in Virginia - WAVY.com

More than 30 community members took to Virginia Beach Town Center Tuesday night to call on lawmakers to enact a statewide data center moratorium. Chesapeake Climate Action Network partnered with several organizations to march as part of a two-week tour across the commonwealth. Tuesday’s event was the only stop in Hampton Roads. The demonstrations call for pausing all data center development across the state to allow time to establish protections for public health, environmental and economic protections.

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (WMC) - For Benita Davis, the noise from a nearby data center has become part of everyday life, loud enough that people on the phone or visiting her home have mistaken it for a plane hovering overhead. “No, no, no, that’s just the data center work and all that,” Davis said. Her concerns were among those raised during an AI data center roundtable in Southaven on Tuesday, where residents and elected officials discussed the impact of the region’s growing data center industry. The discussion comes as Memphis city leaders consider a moratorium on new data centers and communities across the state line grapple with questions about noise, utility costs, water use and transparency. Noise complaints have persisted as xAI expands its operations in Southaven. In September, the city approved another SpaceXAI data center, the company’s fifth in the Memphis area. Mississippi State Senator Theresa Gillespie Isom said some homeowners living near the facilities have been approached about selling their properties. “They don’t want to sell their homes. They say what they’re offering is pennies, and that they would not be able to purchase something else,” Gillespie Isom said.

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Kamloops-North Thompson is a provincial riding located in region. This riding is currently represented by MLA who first took office in . collected votes, winning per cent of the vote in the 2024 B. C. provincial election. Just two years after the previous election, B. C. residents have cast their vote in the 2026 provincial election. BC NDP leader David Eby called a snap election in September, making the provincial election day one week after the municipal elections. Voters will elect 93 Members of the Legislative Assembly to serve in the 44th B. C. Parliament. B. C. has 93 seats and 47 are needed for a majority.

Kamloops Centre is a provincial riding located in region. This riding is currently represented by MLA who first took office in . collected votes, winning per cent of the vote in the 2024 B. C. provincial election. Just two years after the previous election, B. C. residents have cast their vote in the 2026 provincial election. BC NDP leader David Eby called a snap election in September, making the provincial election day one week after the municipal elections. Voters will elect 93 Members of the Legislative Assembly to serve in the 44th B. C. Parliament. B. C. has 93 seats and 47 are needed for a majority.

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