Opponents of a proposed Google data center in Botetourt County addressed the Western Virginia Water Authority’s board room during a meeting on Jan. 15 in downtown Roanoke.
DALEVILLE — As winter was just beginning to thaw, Misty Dawn Vickers stood before a group of nearly 50 people inside the local Veterans of Foreign Wars post.
Google purchased more 300 acres at the Botetourt Center at Greenfield to potentially build a data center complex. A section of the purchased land is seen looking northwest from International Parkway and U.S. 220 in August.
Julie Bivins, far left, and Misty Dawn Vickers, third from left, join other members of the Southwest Virginia Data Center Transparency Alliance at a rally outside the Western Virginia Water Authority offices in downtown Roanoke on Jan. 15.
Google purchased more 300 acres at the Botetourt Center at Greenfield to potentially build a data center complex. A section of the purchased land is seen looking northwest from International Parkway and U.S. 220 in August.
Julie Bivins, far left, and Misty Dawn Vickers, third from left, join other members of the Southwest Virginia Data Center Transparency Alliance at a rally outside the Western Virginia Water Authority offices in downtown Roanoke on Jan. 15.
