QTS operates a data center campus at White Oak Technology Park in eastern Henrico County. Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s new framework would tighten oversight of future projects and end state subsidies for new data center development.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch special report: Data centers in Virginia
Before data centers became a central topic of Virginia's budget debate, the Richmond Times-Dispatch last year took a deep dive into the topic, resulting in a three-day series on data centers and the key issues they pose. Read it all below.
Proponents say data centers bring localities enormous revenues and opportunities. Opponents raise concerns about their big demands for power and compatibility with neighborhoods.
Data center developers are now eyeing the Richmond area. While counties welcome the sites' tax revenues, residents' concerns have prompted developers to withdraw some proposals and Henrico imposed further oversight.
The state's telecommunications infrastructure, tax breaks, workforce and officials' welcoming attitude have helped make Virginia the world's data center capital.
The 451 now running in Virginia, home to the largest concentration of data centers in the world, currently use 3,583 megawatts, or enough electricity to power nearly 896,000 homes.
The state's data center boom is the subtext to increasingly intense politicking over longtime Virginia issues — climate change, electricity rates and the powers of local governments.
President Donald Trump has issued a series of executive orders removing barriers to expanding the electric grid's ability to serve data centers necessary to advance artificial intelligence and other power-hungry technologies.
Hundreds of new laws take effect this week, though some of the biggest measures from the General Assembly session don’t take effect until next…
QTS operates a data center campus at White Oak Technology Park in eastern Henrico County. Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s new framework would tighten oversight of future projects and end state subsidies for new data center development.
