1+ hour, 45+ min ago  (905+ words) After more than three years, a lawsuit that has delayed a potential Amazon data center on Blackwell Road in Warrenton took a step toward a conclusion Monday as both sides presented oral arguments. The Warrenton Town Council was initially the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (1608+ words) WASHINGTON " Higher electric rates? Massive data centers looming over neighborhoods? Ugly political fights over what to do about them? The future of data centers and their huge appetite for electricity is quickly escalating as a political flashpoint from coast to…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (799+ words) After years of delays, skepticism and mounting public frustration, Rappahannock County's long-promised fiber broadband project has officially crossed a milestone many residents " and even some county officials " openly questioned would ever happen: The first home is now connected to All…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (288+ words) A new data center has been proposed in Chantilly that would rely on fuel cell technology to convert natural gas into electricity rather than drawing primarily from the power grid. T5 Data Centers will seek a special exception to build a…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1547+ words) Data centers " proposed beside town centers, on generational farmlands, in view of cemeteries and next to Civil War battlegrounds across Virginia " are testing local governments" ability to regulate industrial land use. Concurrently, the digital facilities are tripling energy demands in…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (473+ words) The Prince William Board of County Supervisors on Tuesday formally withdrew from appeals of the PW Digital Gateway lawsuit after spending $1. 72 million in taxpayer funds to defend legal challenges to the controversial data center project. In a unanimous vote after…...