Past Times-Dispatch coverage of data centers
(21) updates to this series since Updated
Dominion Energy can go ahead with a controversial gas-fired power plant on the site of its Chesterfield power station, the State Corporation Commission said.
Dominion Energy customers will get a 7.5% rate increase next year, the State Corporation Commission decided. The commission approved an additional 1.5% increase for 2027.
The first of several giant data centers eying Caroline County broke ground Thursday, the first phase of a campus it plans to eventually represent an $11 billion investment.
Data center demand for electricity is rising faster than the supply of power in Virginia. It's showing up in monthly electric bills, even before the energy crisis that Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger sees on the horizon.
For nearly five hours, residents spoke about the technology overlay district. Nearly every commenter spoke against the plan.Â
The 750-foot setback is considerably less than what was supported by residents and the county Planning Commission.Â
Centra Logistics proposed the first data center project in Henrico after the county passed a new ordinance tightening restrictions on new data centers.Â
Mark Christie, a former longtime Virginia and federal energy regulator, will lead the new Center for Energy Law & Policy at the College of William & Mary Law School.
Goochland residents push back on a proposed tech zone allowing data centers, nuclear reactors, and more, citing noise, safety, and environmental concerns, while county officials highlight tax incentives and job creation.
Google confirmed that it was behind Project Loch and Project Skye, data center developments located at Watkins Centre and Upper Magnolia Green West respectively.
Google Inc. will spend $9 billion to expand its data center operations in Virginia, including a new data center complex at Chesterfield County’s Meadowville Technology Park.
Board approved rezoning for the Hunter's Ridge South project from rural and mixed-use to industrial. The approval was not unanimous..
Diode Ventures has officially backed out of the Roxbury data center project in Charles City. Community opposition won out after two years of planning and research.
County residents and leaders said Dinwiddie should protect its rural land and that solar panels aren't worth the cost.Â
In December, Hanover supervisors rejected their portion of the proposed development that would straddle the Ashland-Hanover line.Â
Mark Christie has advice for federal and state electric utility regulators as he leaves his job as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: don't forget about people who pay the bills.
The Technology Overlay District, which could attract lucrative data centers, would border the Henrico communities of Tuckahoe, Foxhall and Short Pump.
President Donald Trump’s tariffs setting taxes on imported goods will boost Dominion Energy’s offshore wind project by more than $500 million – with half of that to be passed on to the company’s ratepayers.
Amazon is pulling back a proposed $1 billion data center in Louisa County, in response to objections from residents.
Delaware-based LLCs Skyward Holdings and Aeris Investments purchased more than 1,200 acres of land in Chesterfield that is zoned for data center developments.
Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative, which serves more than 180,000 customers in Prince William County and six other localities, has raised its rates twice this year because of data center demand for electricity.
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.
Virginia’s data center boom means new terms to understand. Here are some key words and phrases.
