Health Risks

HHHunt data center proposal, which poses a direct and documented threat to the health, safety, and quality of life for all residents in the surrounding communities. The combination of the facility's extreme proximity to our homes and schools, the massive scale of its polluting equipment, and the known health dangers from its noise and air emissions creates an unacceptable and entirely avoidable risk for our community.

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Extreme Proximity to Homes

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• This is not a remote industrial park; it is being built directly against our established neighborhoods. The site plan (Meeting PDF, p. 14) shows the complex bordering:
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  • Chadsworth Landing

  • Chadsworth West

  • Renwick

  • Preston

  • Manor Park

  • Wexford

  • The Dominion Club

  • Ellington Woods

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• The proposal's "Variable Width Buffer" is listed as a 100-foot minimum, and the general setback is only 150 feet (Meeting PDF, p. 13). This is "half a football field" and provides virtually no protection from the noise, pollution, and visual impact of a 410-acre industrial site.

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The Source: A Cluster of 300+ Polluting Generators

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• The proposal includes over 300 emergency diesel generators on-site.​

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• These are not small generators; they are massive industrial engines. The Sierra Club report confirms that nearly all 9,000+ generators approved in Virginia are "cheap, highly polluting Tier 2 models" (Sierra Club, p. 53).​

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• The industry is not using the "Best Available Technology." Modern Tier 4 generators would reduce the most harmful pollutants (particulate matter and NOx) by 90%, but they are not being used (Sierra Club, p. 55).

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The Pollution: 1,100+ Tons of Toxic Emissions Annually

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• These 300+ generators are projected to release over 1,100 tons of air pollution every year.​

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• This includes 802 tons of Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and 359 tons of Carbon Monoxide (CO) (Meeting PDF, p. 16).​

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• This pollution is directly linked to creating ground-level ozone (smog), which is especially harmful to children.

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The Risk: Documented Physical Health Dangers

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• The community presentation (p. 16) explicitly links this pollution to severe health impacts for children, including:

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• Increased Childhood Asthma & Respiratory Symptoms

• Reduced Lung Function

• Increased Cancer Risk

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• The Sierra Club report (p. 52) reinforces this, stating that exposure to diesel exhaust "primarily affects the respiratory system and worsens asthma, allergies, bronchitis, and lung function" and increases the risk of "heart problems, premature death, and lung cancer."

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