Concerns grow from those who live near proposed data center [Video]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A proposed new data center is bringing concern and controversy to Alexandria.

Tuesday night, Dominion Energy held an open house about the Edsall project at Bren Mar Park Elementary School

“We invited members of the public here to learn about a transmission project that we’re proposing in the area,” said Robert Richardson, a communications consultant for Dominion Energy.

“We probably have 20 or 25 subject matter experts here who can talk about the environment, trees and forestry, they can talk about the electrical infrastructure we’re proposing to build here and the need for it,” said Richardson.

“Whether it’s a 7-Eleven, a church or a data center, it’s the distribution lines that come out of the substation that serve individual customers,” he said.

The substation is needed to provide power to a proposed 70-foot-tall data center along Edsall Road. It would …