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Copper Ridge Data Center Campus Heads to Town Council
On Tuesday, Aug. 15, the Planning Commission vote on Copper Ridge was tied 2-2, with one of the commissioners having recused himself. The data center campus rezoning now heads to the Town Council on Sept …
Town Planning Commission to Vote on Copper Ridge Data Center Campus on Aug. 15
The public hearing is still open for public comment! …
Copper Ridge Data Center Rezoning Tabled Until August 15
The Town of Culpeper Planning Commission moved to hold any decision on the rezoning application until its next regular meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 15 at 6 p.m …
Get Distributed Solar for Your Home, Farm or Business
It’s solar season! Solarize Piedmont, our annual campaign with the Local Energy Alliance Program (LEAP), is running now through the end of August …
Copper Ridge Goes to First Public Hearing
The Town Planning Commission will hear the data center campus proposal on Tuesday, July 18 at 6 p.m …
Updates on the Copper Ridge Data Center Campus proposal
On Thursday, June 29, the Town Planning Commission held a nearly two-hour-long work session reviewing new documents from the Copper Ridge Data Center Campus and questioning the applicant …
Yet Another Data Center in Culpeper?
The Culpeper Town Planning Commission is holding a work session on the Copper Ridge application on June 29 at 9 a.m …
PEC Presentation on Data Centers & Virginia’s Clean Energy Future
On June 10, 2023, The Piedmont Environmental Council hosted our annual meeting in Loudoun County and featured a workshop on data centers and Virginia’s clean energy future. The presentation, given by PEC’s Senior Energy and …
Shining a light on undertold stories
In recent years, we’ve expanded our collaborative work with a focus on shining a light on undertold stories of people and communities of color …