SWVA Holler from the Hollers about Data Centers: Jan. 30
Start: Friday, January 30, 2026•12:00 PM
End: Friday, January 30, 2026•01:00 PM
The 2026 Virginia General Assembly will be in session from January 14 to March 16, and Appalachian Voices is working to pass several bills relevant to Southwest Virginia.
Among these are:
- Ensuring Southwest Virginia benefits from affordable clean energy
- Bolstering community resilience and flood preparedness
- Common-sense safeguards around data center growth
One of the most effective actions you can take is to simply pick up your phone and call elected officials to tell them what you’re concerned about. And when we all call about the same issues, we make a bigger impact.
It’s more fun to make these calls together, so we’ll share information about a bill we have chosen to make calls about and give you a script so we can call our leaders together. Once we’ve completed our calls, we’ll debrief and compare notes!
You can join us Friday, Jan. 30 from 12-1 p.m. in-person (with pizza) at our Norton office — or join us online through Zoom!
On Jan. 30, we'll focus on common-sense safeguards around data center growth.
Tell your legislators to require data centers to be good neighbors! We’ll share updates on bills pushing for data centers to be accountable to the larger community by using clean energy, reducing use of diesel backup generators, preventing higher electricity costs for Virginians, disclosing information about resource usage and emissions to local governments and consumers, and more.
