Dominion sees no slow down in Northern Virginia data center demand, proposes new electricity rates for large load customers
New rate would apply to facilities with a contracted capacity of 25MW or more
News - Virginia
The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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Dominion to build new high voltage lines to supply proposed 900MW data center in Chesterfield County, Virginia
Construction is planned for February 2027
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FiberLight announces deal to acquire Metro Fiber Networks
Expects deal to complete next quarter
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Plan for gas-powered data center campus in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, withdrawn again
Comes as report details scheme's damaging environmental impact
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LS Power to sell 300MW from Virginian gas plant to behind-the-meter data center
Facing challenge from local power cooperative
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Major gas leak at QTS data center near Manassas, Virginia
Prince William County Fire and Rescue dispatched to scene
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Virginia congressman urges national plan to address data center impact on local communities
Suhas Subramanyam said Virginia should be taken as a “cautionary tale for the rest of the country”
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Virginia Governor delays data center environmental transparency bill despite bipartisan support
The bill will not be enforced until 2026 at the earliest
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PointOne buys Sterling site in Virginia for $42m, plans data center
Also eyes up adjacent land, including a driving range
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Officials in Loudoun County, Virginia, axe by-right data centers
Existing applications in the county get grandfathered
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Virginia narrowly avoided power cuts when 60 data centers dropped off the grid at once
Energy grid regulator reveals near-miss last summer
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Stack Infrastructure secures $4bn green financing for US and Canada data centers
Cash will benefit three projects, including 1GW Virginia site
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Diode files for 515-acre data center park outside Richmond, Virginia
Firm's first project in VA
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Natural gas company, fuel cell maker and investment firm target off-grid data centers
Could provide 360MW of capacity across Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky
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University of Virginia seeks new research data center
Capacity is running low at existing facility
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North American data center vacancy rates hit record-low in 2024 - JLL
AI represented around 15 percent of workloads, projected to grow to 40 percent by 2030
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Stack Infrastructure files for $10bn data center in Fredericksburg, Virginia
Council approves Technology Overlay District across 250 acres for data center development
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Modine scores $180m contract from new AI data center customer
Airedale systems to be delivered over the next year and a half
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Virginia's Leesburg Town Council denies Oaklawn data center proposal
Proposal from Keane Enterprises included two data center buildings, 184 affordable housing units, and two parks
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TECfusions acquires 73 acres in Clarksville, Virginia, for 300MW data center expansion
And other Virginia news
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JK Land Holdings gets approval for Greenlin Park in Leesburg, Virginia
Meanwhile, Chesterfield County debates two data center proposals
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EdgeCore begins construction at 114MW Northern Virginia campus
And tops out 450MW PH03 campus in Mesa, Arizona
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PointOne secures investment partner for Virginia build-out
Company plans to develop close to 1GW across three sites
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Amazon requests permit for 11-building data center campus in Caroline County, Virginia
Mattameade Data Center project progresses
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Amazon aims to develop a data center in "each county between Northern Virginia and Richmond"
Cloud giant planning mass Virginia sprawl?
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Dominion Energy nearly doubles data center capacity under contract to 40GW
This compares to 21GW in July 2024, an 88 percent increase
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PJM gets FERC approval to fast-track power projects amid soaring energy demand
Likely to include several large scale gas generation projects
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Stack plans another data center campus in Virginia’s Loudoun County
144MW campus to feature two buildings