BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. – As Google’s proposed data center project in Botetourt County moves forward, environmental groups and local officials continue to debate the facility’s potential impact on the region’s resources, while residents have concerns.
Local residents have expressed frustration with the lack of transparency surrounding the project.
“We don’t know what to expect for noise levels, water usage, energy usage, any of that. And we don’t even know how many buildings there’s going to be,” said Austen Schwend, a Botetourt resident and former candidate for state assembly. “The information you do get, it doesn’t add up.”…