1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (539+ words) State regulators in Virginia are rethinking who should absorb the cost of the major transmission buildout needed as data centers push electricity demand higher. As Virginia Mercury reported, a new order could place a larger share of those expenses on…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (86+ words) Chesapeake City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to delay any recommendations or consideration of land use applications related to data centers for eight months. The council stopped short of adopting the Planning Commission's recommendation, which would have limited future data centers…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (395+ words) Since the first data center project was announced in Mecklenburg County in 2010, union workers have helped build these facilities and the energy infrastructure powering them. For many rural communities, projects of this scale are among the few capable of bringing…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (920+ words) It sounds like an offer that the 143 homeowners in The Regency, a Virginia housing community, couldn't refuse: a roughly $4.4 million payout to sell their houses to a data center developer (1). The ultra-rich use these 5 real estate strategies to build wealth…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1736+ words) This is the first in an ongoing series on data center development in Western Pennsylvania and the impact it has on surrounding businesses and residents. Western Pennsylvania appears poised for what could be the biggest infrastructure boom since the end…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (678+ words) In a region widely regarded as the data centre capital of the world, voters are pushing back against soaring electricity prices. In Northern Virginia, data centres are emerging as a flashpoint over power demand and infrastructure strain. NORTHERN VIRGINIA: Rising…...

7+ mon, 1+ day ago   (1760+ words) When he took office in February 2023, Weir championed the creation of an advisory panel to weigh in on issues of data center growth and noise. When he died, the group was putting the finishing touches on a proposed noise ordinance…...

8+ mon, 1+ day ago   (281+ words) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - A new report from the Virginia Chamber of Commerce Foundation found that the Commonwealth’s workforce is “especially exposed” to the impacts of artificial intelligence. The Virginia AI Landscape Assessment, prepared by Economic Leadership LLC and supported by…...

10+ mon, 4+ week ago   (414+ words) The “new era” for Chesapeake-based value retailer Dollar Tree has already begun. “The world has changed: Customers are more digitally connected, costs are higher, competition is shifting, and tariffs have added more volatility,” Dollar Tree CEO Mike Creedon said. During…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago   (521+ words) While data centers may be the golden child of Northern Virginia, the asset class is increasingly spurring interest in a different type of development. The industrial real estate needed to support data centers has become a growing development opportunity, and…...