Elena Schlossberg and her husband bought their property in Prince William County, Virginia, in 2000. Over the years, the rise of artificial intelligence has transformed their bucolic community into a major hub for data centers, and Mrs. Schlossberg isn’t standing for it.

Spurred to action by an Amazon Web Services data center project in 2014, Schlossberg founded the Coalition to Protect Prince William County. This grassroots organization aims to defend the community against the impact data centers have on residents’ quality of life. Despite the Coalition’s efforts, the county is now home to 44 data centers operated by various tech companies, with 15 more under construction, according to its latest tax revenue report .

“It’s not like I’m anti-data,” Schlossberg told Gizmodo. “But the wa

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