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Fredericksburg, VA – A quiet technological revolution is sweeping through the Fredericksburg region. What was once an area defined by its colonial charm and suburban sprawl is now emerging as a new frontier for data centers—massive facilities that house the backbone of the digital world.

With multiple large-scale projects underway in Stafford, Spotsylvania, and Fredericksburg City, officials are hailing the data center boom as a once-in-a-generation economic opportunity. But behind the promises of job creation and tax revenue, concerns about environmental impact, energy consumption, and long-term sustainability are growing.

Data centers, the warehouses of the internet, store and process vast amounts of digital information, powering everything from social media to cloud computing. Traditionally concentrated in Northern Virginia’s “Data Center Alley” in Loudoun County, these facilities are now expanding southward.

In Stafford County, construction has already begun on a 510,000-square-foot data center campus off Old Potomac Church Road, just south of Stafford Hospi...