Season 4 | 2024
Energy Landscape of Virginia | Data Centers | August 14 | Episode 3
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Part 3. Listen in as Joe Lerch interviews Loudoun County Vice Chair and VACo Board Member Juli Briskman. We learn how the industry has transformed their community, what steps they’ve taken in terms of planning for its growth and impacts, and what other counties should consider when the industry comes knocking on the door.
Additional Resources
Loudoun County Specific Design Standards for Data Centers – see page 55
Loudoun County Project Plan for Data Center Standards and Locations
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Energy Landscape of Virginia | Data Centers | August 13 | Episode 2
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Part 2. Listen in as Joe Lerch takes a tour of the Equinix facility in Loudoun County. Before hitting the floor to see where all the processing and storage takes place, Chris Kimm with Equinix guides us through the various components of the power to run the data center.
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Energy Landscape of Virginia | Data Centers | July 26 | Episode 1
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Part 1. Listen in as Joe Lerch interviews Chris Kimm, Senior Vice President of Global Customer Care and Experience at Equinix, an American multi-national corporation that builds and operates data centers. Learn about the data center business, and how they provide a seamless and instantaneous experience for commerce, industry, education, and social interactions. In so doing we touch on a range of topics including energy consumption, water use and how advances in artificial intelligence (AI) programs are driving demand for more computing power.