20 miles northwest of our nation's capital
PEPCO power blips/flashes becoming more common in Darnestown is consistent with a grid under increasing instability and stress. PEPCO power in Darnestown has entered a new and troubling phase. Over the past several months, around 2026, brief power blips, flickers, and flashes have become increasingly common. That is notable because, for roughly the previous five … Read more
“Public utilities” were privatized under the familiar promise that “competitive market forces” would serve greater public good. That trick was accomplished by the last wave of slimy politicians around Y2K. Now the outcome is plain: highest-bidder, bulk-purchasing Datacenters will come first for energy availability and consumption, service and focus, ahead of ordinary public need. It … Read more
Higher voltage, higher current, higher power: More means greater effects. More energy into the datacenters but also inescapably more energy into the ill side-effects: Childhood leukemia, “stray voltage”, greater ground-currents and other tectonic effects including toxic rumble, toxic hum, toxic power-line harmonics, heat-island / weather modification. EVERY CAUTION / CLAIM SOURCED 5X BELOW. “Take all … Read more
“All these [expensive] datacenters and all the money being funneled into it; what’s the ‘end game’ here?” — Answering the question NO ONE has been able to answer: What is AI for? The current explanation sounds great and looks good on paper, but when you look at the data it simply doesn’t add up, and … Read more
Loudoun County, Virginia government has “almost matched the operating budget annually [via the annual taxation take] just in the [taxation take] that they’re bringing in from [taxing] datacenters.” (Loudoun County has lowered its real-estate tax rate every year over the last decade. Meanwhile, every other concern and reason decries the foolhardy mistake of building datacenters … Read more
“That’s the sound of disturbing the peace, and a public nuisance.” — “Anyone nearby will never sleep well nor live in wellness again. Low rumble is toxic. Constant high-whine is toxic.” — “I never thought I’d hear something more annoying than my tinnitus.” Sounds like an idling lear jet. No one should have to live … Read more
Land-grab by extremely pollutive presence. Wasn’t the propaganda just 2 years ago “power grid can’t handle all the electric cars!” Meanwhile they’re building data centers that can power a whole city, example Utah. as a person who moved from ‘data center alley’ in Northern Virginia, I can say that the Georgia Power lady was lying … Read more
DEI – Daft Energy Idiocy ? Dodgy Elected Incumbents ? Datacenter Electricity Insanity ? “No I’m not being misleading, in fact what I just said is exactly what we stand by: We are watching energy prices sky-rocket over the past [18 months].” – Maryland Governor Westley Watende Omari Moore
The previously “unAgainst” now suffer non-stop high-pitched droning, whining, and that’s not even from one fully-operational building! You can hear it, too, thanks to local news (around 1:24 in). LEARN FROM THEIR MISTAKES. The average person will gain nothing from these centers, just higher energy costs and noise.
As has done ALLLLL technology, AI will also bubble and burst and cause much pain and suffering. Let’s learn from our many, many past collective mistakes and not once again harm ourselves and, more lastingly, harm our environment. An old, old, story. It has been known, contrary to politicians, and chambers of commerce, for two … Read more