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Inside the data center capital of the world (2024, September 25)
Written by Meghan McCarty Carino and Rosie Hughes in Marketplace
Here's What Happens When Big Data Takes Over a Small Town (2024, September 12)
Written by Ashley Stimpson in Sierra Club Magazine
Northern Virginia's Fairfax County Tightens Data Center Rules (2024, September 13)
Written by Matt Vincent in Data Center Frontier
Our digital lives need massive data centers. What goes on inside them? (2024, September 17)
Written by Antonio Olivo and William Neff in The Washington Post
Inside Data Center Alley’s sweltering Virginia summer, where cooling costs energy (2024, August 28)
Written by Kaela Roeder in Technical.ly
Opinion: Rural America is vanishing. This tiny county is fighting back (2024, July 10)
Written by Dana Milbank in The Washington Post
Northern Virginia's Loudoun County Looks to Slow Data Center Development (2024, July 5)
Written by David Chernicoff in Data Center Frontier
Virginia's Loudoun County to remove data centers as 'by right' use (2024, July 5)
Written by Georgia Butler in Data Center Dynamics
Northern Virginia is again the No. 1 data center market, but challenges are mounting (2024, March 18)
Written by Jeff Clabaugh in WTOP News
The Dirty Energy Fueling Amazon’s Data Gold Rush (2024, February 22)
Written by Ella Fanger in The Nation
Concern Grows Over Data Centers, Power Lines in Loudoun (2024, January 23)
Written by Hanna Pampaloni in Loudon Now
Fairfax County Delegate proposes new data center energy efficiency bill in Virginia House (2024, January 5)
Written by Dan Swinhoe in Data Center Dynamics
Virginia county approves one of world’s largest data center projects (2023, December 13)
Written by Matthew Barakat for the Associated Press, featured in The Virginian-Pilot
Frederick County data center work group hears about impacts, benefits in Virginia (2023, November 16)
Written by Gabrielle Lewis in The Frederick News-Post
AWS in your community: Here's what's happening in northern Virginia (2023, November 13)
Written by Amazon Staff for Amazon News
The Data Center Capital of the World Is in Virginia (2023, July 27)
Written by David Kidd in Governing
Data centers may be nearing tipping point in Northern Virginia (2023, June 6)
Written by Whitney Pipkin in The Bay Journal
Loudoun Co. considers preventing data centers along Va. State Route 7 (2022, March 3)
Written by Neal Augenstein in WTOP News
Northern Virginia data centers could strain power grid (2023, February 27)
Written by Matt Gregory in WUSA
Data Centers Grow Despite Fears Of ‘Complete Halt’ (2023, February 23)
Written by Kari Williams in Business Facilities
Comp plan changes approved for massive data center project in Virginia (2022, November 3)
Written by Whitney Pipkin in The Bay Journal
Vantage Lines Up $300 Million Green Loan to Expand in Ashburn (2022, July 13)
Written by Rich Miller in Data Center Frontier
Why is Ashburn known as “Data Center Alley?” (2022, May 18)
Published by Upstack staff
GUEST OPINION: Data centers, the Bi-County Parkway are too much for the rural crescent (2021, December 2)
Written by Virginia House Delegate Danica Roem in The Prince William Times

Henrico Planning Commission shoots down data center project (2024, October 15)
Written by Eric Kolenich in The Richmond Times-Dispatch
Proposals for two data center projects in Richmond, Virginia, deferred by local officials (2024, August 19)
Written by Dan Swinhoe in Data Center Dynamics
DC Blox expands into Virginia, plans two-building campus in Richmond (2024, August 15)
Written by Dan Swinhoe in Data Center Dynamics
Virginia’s data center boom takes Central Va. by storm with recent large-scale project approvals (2024, May 27)
Written by Sierra Krug for WRIC
622-acre project could bring up to 13 more data centers to Henrico (2024, April 13)
Written by Sean Jones in the Richmond Times-Dispatch
Henrico Planning Commission to weigh Sandston data center proposal April 11 (2024, April 10)
Written by Tom Lappas in The Henrico Citizen (need to create a free account to view the entire article)
Data center debate intensifies in Henrico communities (2024, February 23)
Published in Henrico Citizen and reported by CBS 6 News
Hourigan files for 320-acre data center campus outside Richmond, Virginia (2023, December 15)
Written by Dan Swinhoe in Data Center Dynamics
Developer plans $1 billion tech park in Henrico County (2023, October 23)
Written by David Ress in The Richmond Times-Dispatch
Amazon files for 1.7 million sq ft data center campus in Louisa County, Virginia (2023, September 26)
Written by Dan Swinhoe in Data Center Dynamics
Why Amazon Is Investing $11B In A Small, Rural Virginia County (2023, September 7)
Written by Dan Rabb in BisNow
Surge in demand: data center growth sparks need for new Henrico high voltage line (2023, September 4)
Written by Dave Ress in The Richmond Times-Dispatch
AWS to expand into Virginia’s Louisa County, develop two campuses northwest of Richmond (2023, August 31)
Written by Dan Swinhoe in Data Center Dynamics

Digital Port
Article published in the Virginia Beach Economic Development website
Mineral Gap Data Center: Solar Powered Tech Innovation
Case study published by Sun Tribe Solar
House committee looks beyond data centers to Virginia’s high-tech future (2024, February 19)
Written by Brad Kutner for WVTF/Virginia Public Radio
Spotlight: Virginia Beach as a growing interconnectivity hub (2023, January 26)
Written by Josephine Walbank in Data Centre Magazine
Subsea cables that come ashore in Virginia Beach connecting continents, countries, and cities (2022, November 1)
Presentation by Gerardo Bonilla and Greg Twitt in RVA 757 Connects
Globalinx Data Centers Plans 150,000-SF Data Center Campus in Virginia Beach (2018, January 26)
Article published in the Virginia Beach Economic Development website

Promoters of clean-energy data centers in Virginia coal country unfazed by doubters (2024, September 10)
Written by Elizabeth McGowan in Energy News Network
Youngkin looks to transform thousands of acres of old mine land in Wise Co. for energy (2023, November 1)
Written by Slater Teague & Murry Lee in WJHL
Former coal mine in Wise County, Virginia, zoned for data centers (2023, August 25)
Written by Peter Judge in Data Center Dynamics
Down on Elam’s Farm: Wise County IDA’s data center site project gets $1.7 million AMLER grant (2023, August 23)
Written by Mike Still in Times News
Southwest Virginia Is a ‘competitive Hosting Ground’ for Small Modular Nuclear Reactors, Study Finds (2023, May 22)
Written by Susan Cameron in Cardinal News
Data centers and natural gas power plant planned on 2,200 acres in Pittsylvania County, Virginia (2024, October 28)
Written by Matthew Gooding in Data Center Dynamics