PEC study finds health impacts from Remington data center power

PEC has released a study on the potential public-health impacts of the proposed on-site power system for the Remington Technology Park data center campus in Virginia.

• The report evaluates the Phase 1 on-site power system proposed for the Remington Technology Park Data Center and estimates impacts from PM2.5 and PM2.5-forming emissions.
• The analysis says the permitted-emissions scenario could cause 1.5–2.8 additional premature deaths per year, about 1,300 asthma symptom cases per year, and $25–42 million per year in health-related damages; the revised plan replaces 13 natural gas turbines with 488 natural gas fuel cells, while still including nearly 200 diesel back-up generators and a new natural gas pipeline extension plus a gas gate station.