A battle is brewing as the information superhighway tries to take a sharp turn through dozens of neighborhood backyards.

Dominion Energy is seeking state approval of a new high voltage transmission line that would cut right through the Loudoun Valley Estates neighborhood in Ashburn.

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Dominion says the proposed lines are needed to power data centers and the plans call for building new poles taller than the Statue of Liberty.

One of them would be in Vicky Hu's backyard, just 100 feet from her backdoor.

Hu and her husband moved to their home in the Loudoun Valley Estates neighborhood of Ashburn 20 years ago. Deer on their property graze through the trees that they say would be cut down to clear a pathway for feeding the e

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