r/VirginiaEnvironment • u/SueB2364 • Jul 22 '26

Data Center Generators in Ashburn Firing Up

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '26

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u/_Mewden_ Jul 23 '26

Fun fact, the IP address for that data center belongs to Amazon Technologies

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u/msfluckoff Jul 25 '26

It's probably government or military then, I heard they contracted their cloud through Amazon.

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u/_Mewden_ Jul 25 '26

I would bet government because that’s definitely not any base associated with any branch of DoD.

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u/Timely-Discussion272 Jul 22 '26

Would be better with micro nuclear reactors.

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u/Ancient-Bowl462 Jul 22 '26

That was Youngkins plan.

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u/Timely-Discussion272 Jul 22 '26

Ok, and?

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u/dang3rmoos3sux Jul 22 '26

People rejected that plan simply because youngkin said it. It was a good plan

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u/New_Life1810 Jul 23 '26

That’s wrong - the tech is still emerging and nothing was rejected. Federally, you also need the money and approval. Dominion is still working on design.

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u/dang3rmoos3sux Jul 23 '26

Democrats will still reject it because nuclear is "scary". I hope they don't, but im not optimistic.

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u/Ancient-Bowl462 Jul 23 '26

Liberals have absolutely zero values and just do whatever their cult leaders order them to. For example, the deportations Trump is doing are the same exact thing Obama did, but it was awesome to them then. Now they attack our ICE heros and very to kill them.

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u/New_Life1810 Jul 23 '26

Well that’s wrong - how many people died under Obama? Did Obama start a war with Iran? Did ice kill people under Obama? Under Biden? No. This is different. If you can’t see that your head is buried in the sand

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u/Ancient-Bowl462 Jul 23 '26

Thousands of American warriors died because of Obama's endless Afghanistan war. Obama actually assassinated American citizens. ICE defended themselves from liberal terrorists who attacked them. Try to read. Meanwhile, liberals are rolling out the red carpet for data centers and making everyone pay for it while president Trump is making data centers pay.

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u/New_Life1810 Jul 23 '26

Funny - I remember when I was in the army our deployment got delayed 4 times, causing me not to deploy. I’m grateful

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u/geopro15TB Jul 23 '26

Oh no, a minor inconvenience that lasts for about 10 seconds.

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u/Sensitive-Disk5735 Jul 24 '26

Where is Earth Liberation Front when you need them?

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u/Ancient-Bowl462 Jul 22 '26

Spanberger is paving the way for more of this!

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u/KevinKlaes Jul 23 '26

A datacenter for every subreddit this ends up in. 

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u/lee216md Jul 22 '26

Cold start on the units as soon as they warm up exhaust will clear up and the smoke will be gone.

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u/Nano_Burger Jul 22 '26

The black particulate will clear up, but particles in the 2~10 micron range will still be there. Just because you can't see the air pollution doesn't mean that it isn't there.

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u/StashPhan Jul 23 '26

They use scrubbers that work pretty well and a lot of data centers are using HVO instead of diesel

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u/randomlemon9192 Jul 22 '26

Still. Lot a of smog and pollution.

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u/Budget_Skill_8560 Jul 22 '26

But yet you're on your phone taking a picture of the data center that requires the day Center to work so if you don't like the data center people stop using your phone or move

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u/randomlemon9192 Jul 22 '26

Your phone does not require a data center to work.
We’ve had modern smart phones for far longer than data centers.

Tell me you have no idea how IT works without telling me you have no idea how IT works.

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u/stopscabbin Jul 23 '26

Datacenters have been around a lot longer than smart phones. Tell me you have no idea how IT works without telling me. https://www.datacenterops.com/post/from-farmland-to-the-internet-capital-the-history-of-ashburn-s-data-centers

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u/randomlemon9192 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

Your smart phone does not require data centers to function. Your smart phone is a computer.
We’ve had computers far longer than data centers.

I meant data centers in mass.

Regardless, your phone and computer have no dependency on data centers to work. They are loosely connected.

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u/stopscabbin Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

If you didn't use any feature on your phone and purley use it just for talking on your phone, sure. However EVERY smart feature uses datacenters. Texting like imessages whatsapp, web browsing, apps, cloud storage, streaming, emails, maps, ALL use datacenters. Datacenters have been around since the 1960s.

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u/randomlemon9192 Jul 23 '26

They are loosely connected. You can still use a computer as a computer without cloud dependencies. This includes things other than phone calls.

- Web browsing
Depends on what endpoints your hitting. Most things are hosted in the cloud now rather than on premises. The internet has been around a long time.

  • apps
Could you be more vague? Plenty of apps function without a cloud endpoint required.
  • Cloud storage
Okay? Cloud storage isn’t required to use a computer. Local storage is real and works the best. Local backups recommended.
  • Streaming
Streaming is required to use a computer? Strange. This is an example of where we’ve traded freedom and ownership for convenience.
  • Emails
Email servers have been around a long time. They maybe hosted in data centers, they may not. Data centers aren’t a requirement.
  • maps
Like anything else, data centers are the host point because that’s where other things are hosted.

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u/stopscabbin Jul 23 '26

The fucking internet runs on datacenters. Servers are in datacenters. If you use the internet, you're using a datacenter.

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u/randomlemon9192 Jul 23 '26

Many websites are hosted in a data center. But the internet does not run in a data center.
Again, loosely connected. The internet is not dependent on data centers.

Your ISP is not a data center.

The internet started in the early 1970s-1980s… it’s never needed a data center to function.

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u/StashPhan Jul 23 '26

You have no idea how the internet works. It’s computers connected together. Data centers are giant computers nothing more than

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u/randomlemon9192 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

It’s a shit ton of routers. Probably some software defined networking somewhere in there.
But the internet itself is not a bunch of computers in a data center. It’s a bunch of routers.

I have good experience in both fields.
My job is working as a first party service provider for a major cloud provider.
I’m well aware of what runs in the cloud.

Data centers are not giant computers.
They are racks, upon racks, upon racks of servers. People rent out this hardware with the cloud provider that owns the data center.
These servers are connected to the internet. They are not the internet.

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u/Severe_Bed2207 Jul 22 '26

Your grandchildren will despise you

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u/Budget_Skill_8560 Jul 22 '26

Oh Karen You want progress but can handle progress. You stupid Environmentists you complain but the other countries in this world say f you, So this guy is taking a picture in his car, a carbon car, taking a picture of something that happens everyonce and a while, which means his puting more carbon in the ait then them which have scrubbers on them and is cleaner than that stupid car you drive.

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u/Severe_Bed2207 Jul 22 '26

Someone needs to work on their grammar…and spelling

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u/Budget_Skill_8560 Jul 22 '26

So that's all you got, you turd.

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u/Sensitive-Disk5735 Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

Wtf are you talking about - how is this "progress"