StoryMap - Data Centers
Want an interactive tour through Virginia's data centers? Click the image above to view Beth Zizzamia's "Data Centers" StoryMap, or click on the link here: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/15417357dc1c47688238c0629c1f3072
Resources
Overview
- America's East Coast Tech HubDigital magazine produced by the VEDP on Virginia's viability as a center for tech investment
- Data CentersPage from the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP)
- High-Performance Computing Data Center Power Usage EffectivenessPublished by National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) staff
- PUE, CUE and WUE: Sustainable Data Center Metrics Guide (2023, August 2)Published by US Signal staff
- Why Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) is Important (2015, August 20)Published by Datacenters.com staff
Online Articles
- The elephant in the data center: Shedding light on dark data (2023, October 30)Written by Mark Kidd in Data Center Dynamics
- Sustainable finance helps data centres reduce their environmental impact (2023, October 24)Written by Coco Zhang, Diederik Stadig & Jan Frederik Slijkerman in ING Think
- Virginia Is The World’s Data Center Hub, But What’s The Cost? (2023, October 19)Written by Adrienne McGibbon for Virginia Public Media
- Data centers added $54.2B to Va. GDP over five years (2023, September 20)Written by Katherine Schulte in Virginia Business
- Commentary: Why are ratepayers footing the bill for Virginia’s data center buildout? (2023, August 16)Written by Ivy Main in The Virginia Mercury
- The Rich Get (Way) Richer (2023, March)Written by Adam Bruns in Site Selection Magazine
- Green building regulations give impetus to sustainable data centers in India (2023, February 28)Written by Rashmi Singh in Mongabay
- Virginia Updates Incentives to Land $35 Billion Data Center Buildout by AWS (2023, January 23)Written by Rich Miller in Data Center Frontier
- Data centres clean up act (2022, April 28)Written by Rob Brown in Property Week
- Google announces $300M investment in Virginia from Reston office (2022, April 19)Written by David Taube in Fairfax Now (FFX Now)
- Virginia’s data centers: computing the costs (2020, January 28)Written by Whitney Pipkin in The Bay Journal
- Energy efficiency is a hot problem for big tech’s data centers (2019, December 13)Written by Nathaniel Bullard in Bloomberg
- Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE): Improve Your Data Center PUE Through Cooling and Design (2020)Published by Maysteel staff
- Virginia data center challenges: energy, tax breaks, public concern (2023, November 17)Written by Michael Martz in The Richmond Times-Dispatch
- PJM Presents Proposal for Needed Grid Upgrades (2023, October 31)Published by PJM Inside Lines staff
- Opposition mounts to ‘spiderweb’ of new transmission lines needed to power data center alley (2023, October 25)Written by Peter Cary in The Prince William Times
- Data center-driven power crunch prompts planning for new, high-voltage lines (2023, August 30)Written by Peter Cary in The Prince William Times
- What Is Data Center PUE? Defining Power Usage Effectiveness (2023, June 22)Written by Antonella Gina Fleitas in Data Center Knowledge
- What’s the Best PUE Ratio for Data Centers? (2022, March 9)Published by Sunbird staff
- 3 Metrics for Datacenter Efficiency: PUE, CUE, and WUE (2021, August 24)Written by Kat Henshaw and Jesús Enrique Peraza in Submer
- How to Calculate the PUE of a Datacenter (2019, August 19)Written by Kat Henshaw in Submer
- Virginia Environmental Groups Form New Data Center Reform Coalition, Call for More Industry Oversight (2023, December 2)Written by Jake Bolster in Inside Climate News
- GUEST OPINION: There is no such thing as a ‘green’ data center (2022, October 27)Written by VA House Delegate Danica Roem in The Prince William Times
- Northern Virginia’s Data Center Industry Is Booming. But Is It Sustainable? (2023, September 1)Written by Margaret Barthel in DCist
- Department of Environmental Quality revises air pollution exception for data centers (2023, March 8)Written by Charlie Paullin in The Virginia Mercury
- Could you power your data center with green hydrogen? (2023, March 1)Written by Heather Clancy in GreenBiz
- Concern Over Power-Hungry Northern Virginia Data Centers Prompts Emissions Proposal (2023, February 6)Written by Will Vitka in Northern Virginia Magazine
- Va. regulators propose easing emission limits for data centers over power transmission concerns (2023, January 31)Written by Sarah Vogelsong & Charlie Paullin in The Virginia Nercury
- Our Common Agenda: 2024 Environmental Briefing Book (2023)Analysis of conservation issues facing Virginia produced by the Virginia Conservation Network
- Data center decisions could have big land use impacts in Virginia’s Prince William County (2022, October 21)Written by Whitney Pipkin in The Bay Journal
- Will data centers imperil drinking water in Northern Virginia? (2022, July 5)Written by Whitney Pipkin in The Bay Journal
- Sustainability Sharpens the Focus on Data Center Water Usage Effectiveness (2021, November 11)Written by Julius Neudorfer in Data Center Frontier
- Data centers will need to have water expertise (2020, July 31)Written by Kevin Cassidy in Data Center Dynamics
- Internet data centers are fueling drive to old power source: Coal (2024, April 17)Written by Antonio Olivio in The Washington Post
- Virginia data center growth fuels drive to coal and more state headlines (2024, April 23)Links to multiple stories by various VA news agencies. Hosted via The Virginia Mercury
Overview
- Virginia Environmental Data HubSite to access "spatial and non-spatial environmental data" from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
- VDEQ Permitting Enhancement and Evaluation PlatformSite from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality that "conveys and tracks critical steps and target timeframes for permit applications and other requests for DEQ approval".
Online Resources
- Virginia lawmakers propose new bills limiting data center development (2024, January 15)Written by Dan Swinhoe in Data Center Dynamics
- COMMENTARY: A 5-point plan for Virginia’s data centers (2023, November 21)Written by Ivy Main in The Virginia Mercury
- Va. facing data center unknowns (2023, November 18)Written by Michael Martz in The Richmond Times-Dispatch
- Data center sustainability Scope 3 emissions: Expectations versus reality (2023, July 8)Written by Steve Carlini in Data Center Dynamics
- COMMENTARY: Virginia has a data center problem (2022, December 9)Written by Ivy Main in The Virginia Mercury