"Round-the-clock disruptions drive a Central Virginia man to file a lawsuit against the tech giant as it seeks to build its latest digital warehouse in the commonwealth."
"From the driveway of his Louisa home and business, Austin Newsome sees dozens of dump trucks barrel down Route 33 most days, hauling dirt and other debris. The road is stained rusty red from the soil displaced by the construction of Amazon’s latest data center campus in the county.
One day, Newsom said, his neighbor across the street up and left.
“I was like, oh no, he’s picked up and gone. And then I looked up who owned the property, and it was Amazon,” Newsom said in the garage of Central VA Marine, the business he co-owns and runs near his home.
Newsom’s home rests on the border of the Northeast Creek technology overlay district, a portion of the county zoned to attract specific businesses, including data centers."
Shannon Heckt reports for the Virginia Mercury July 28, 2026.
