Each of these local figures is also connected with the local anti-data center Protect Frederick organization. Protect Frederick is an “independent community effort by Frederick County residents” to oppose data center projects, according to the organization’s website. He led a June 3 Winchester data center protest and helped make Protect Frederick’s website, according to the Winchester Star. This is one victory, but the fight isn’t over,” a joint PSL West Virginia and PSL Virginia Instagram caption read. He claimed that the majority of the anti-data center activists are local conservatives, and reporters are mistakenly framing the data center issue as partisan.