This is what living 97 feet from a Reston data center looks like at night
This is what happens when data centers are allowed to expand by right and residents have virtually no say in what happens in their own backyards.
CoreSite is expanding its Reston data center just 97 feet from the backyards of our residential community. We were told we had no meaningful recourse because the project was approved in 2018 and grandfathered under the county’s newer regulations.
Now we’re dealing with this light pollution at night and construction noise during the day. This is what these development decisions actually look like for the people who have to live with them.
Update:
Some of you didn’t like my cinematography last night so I went out and got some more for you tonight now that the rain has stopped https://imgur.com/gallery/more-of-reston-data-center-construction-64dG4Rz