October 19, 2026
Ashley speaks in Leesburg as the moratorium push builds
Ashley Warmeling spoke for the coalition on Saturday at the data center moratorium rally on the courthouse steps in Leesburg, alongside Sen. Russet Perry, Del. John McAuliff and neighbors from across Loudoun.
Push for Virginia data center moratorium supported at Leesburg rally
Norman K. Styer reports that the Piedmont Environmental Council organized the hour long rally and about 100 people turned out. The Piedmont Environmental Council’s Jared Mummert opened it by saying Loudoun has 233 data centers with 100 more on the way. Ashley is named among the speakers as a Lovettsville area resident leading the fight against the Valley North transmission line.
Watch the whole rally
Loudoun Now recorded the full event and posted it. Ashley is the first speaker after the introduction.
Why this one mattered for us
The transmission lines and the data centers are the same fight. Sen. Perry’s bill would pause new data center approvals for three years from July 1, 2027, and would also stop state agencies permitting the energy infrastructure built to serve them. Loudoun Now notes the rally came days before a Board of Supervisors vote on slowing the review of projects in the county.
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