Residents of a Northern Virginia neighborhood say a data center just steps from their backyards cuts into their quality of life with too much noise and light pollution.⁠ ⁠ Residents on Cocquina Drive in Reston say the company CoreSite’s data center expansion near Fairfax County Parkway has been an issue over the past 10 years.⁠ ⁠ “I’m ticked off, upset,” said a resident who wished to remain anonymous.⁠ ⁠ “The noise level, electricity, and, oh, randomly people that come from here and come across your property and expect you to understand,” he explained.⁠ ⁠ “Drilling, blasting, chipping at metal, excavation,” his list went on. “Lights at night during the construction.”⁠ ⁠ Video taken from a neighbor's backyard shows bright lights from the data center at night. The light even shows through blackout curtains, residents said.⁠ ⁠ Other neighbors shared videos of what they say are cracks in their homes from the vibration of drilling for the expansion.⁠ ⁠ “It does absolutely nothing to mitigat...