Virginia

PowerHouse Locks In Hyperscale Tenant For 120 MW AI‑Ready Campus In Data Center Alley

PowerHouse Locks In Hyperscale Tenant For 120 MW AI‑Ready Campus In Data Center Alley

Melissa Palmer
January 15, 2026

PowerHouse Locks In Hyperscale Tenant For 120 MW AI‑Ready Campus In Data Center Alley PowerHouse Data Centers signed a long‑term...

Scaled‑back Virginia data center plan eases height, power, and skyline impact

Scaled‑back Virginia data center plan eases height, power, and skyline impact

Melissa Palmer
January 9, 2026

In Virginia, Gigaland’s developers have resubmitted a scaled-down data center plan, cutting total floor space and dropping one building. They...

New Campbell, Virginia rules make data center approvals political, not guaranteed

New Campbell, Virginia rules make data center approvals political, not guaranteed

Melissa Palmer
January 5, 2026

Campbell County, VA is moving to make data centers a special-use, not by-right, use in heavy industrial zones, forcing every...

AI buildout in Chesterfield raises concerns over data center risks

AI buildout in Chesterfield raises concerns over data center risks

Melissa Palmer
December 26, 2025

Google is moving ahead with “Project Peanut,” a massive multi-site data center campus in Chesterfield County, as part of a...

New AWS-Ready Chantilly Data Center Balances AI Growth and Community Limits

New AWS-Ready Chantilly Data Center Balances AI Growth and Community Limits

Melissa Palmer
December 8, 2025

Penzance is building a 45 MW, 240,000-square-foot hyperscale data center in Chantilly, VA, fully leased to AWS and targeted to...

Town hall heightens concerns over data centers’ health and security impacts

Town hall heightens concerns over data centers’ health and security impacts

Melissa Palmer
December 7, 2025

Loudoun County residents used a town hall with Rep. Suhas Subramanyam to hammer the local data center buildout on health,...

From coal scars to solar AI hubs, Virginia bets on data centers

From coal scars to solar AI hubs, Virginia bets on data centers

Melissa Palmer
December 5, 2025

Virginia’s coal country is pitching reclaimed mine land as solar-powered AI data center sites, with Energy DELTA Lab planning a...

Virginia’s new high-load power rates reshape AI data center economics

Virginia’s new high-load power rates reshape AI data center economics

Melissa Palmer
November 26, 2025

What Happened: Virginia regulators approved higher electric rates for Dominion customers and created a new GS-5 rate class for very...