{"id":1461,"date":"2026-10-16T16:02:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/?post_type=valcv_action&#038;p=1461"},"modified":"2026-10-16T16:03:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:03:53","slug":"sign-the-petition-pause-data-centers-protect-virginians","status":"publish","type":"valcv_action","link":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/actions\/sign-the-petition-pause-data-centers-protect-virginians\/","title":{"rendered":"Sign the petition: \u2018Pause\u2019 Data Centers, Protect Virginians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unchecked data center development is driving up our energy bills, undermining Virginia&#8217;s clean energy commitments, threatening our water and land resources, and inundating communities with noise, pollution, and daily disruptions to quality of life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Big Tech rakes in billions from the AI boom, everyday Virginians are paying the price, which is why we&#8217;re rightfully fed up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s time for action, and until we have strong laws in place that put Virginians \u2013 not Big Tech \u2013 first, no more data center projects should move forward.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>We, the undersigned, call on Governor Spanberger and the Virginia General Assembly to implement a \u201cPause\u201d on data center approvals in Virginia until we have the laws and regulations in place to hold the data center industry accountable in a way that protects our environment, advances our clean energy goals, lowers energy costs, and respects communities.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unchecked data center development is driving up our energy bills, undermining Virginia&#8217;s clean energy commitments, threatening our water and land resources, and inundating communities with noise, pollution, and daily disruptions to quality of life.&nbsp; While Big Tech rakes in billions from the AI boom, everyday Virginians are paying the price, which is why we&#8217;re rightfully [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1463,"template":"","class_list":["post-1461","valcv_action","type-valcv_action","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_action\/1461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_action"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/valcv_action"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_action\/1461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1464,"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_action\/1461\/revisions\/1464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}