Data center backlash in Virginia centers on electricity costs, MIT Technology Review argues
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MIT Technology Review's Algorithm newsletter argues that opposition to data centers is driven largely by electricity demand rather than a broader culture war.
It says most data centers in Virginia's Loudoun County draw power from the grid, and that Dominion Energy generates much of that power from natural gas.
The newsletter reports that recent protests led Virginia to require data centers to pay fully for new transmission lines.
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AIMIT Technology Review's Algorithm newsletter argues that the backlash against data centers is driven largely by electricity demand rather than a broader culture war. In Virginia's Loudoun County, most data centers draw power from the grid, and Dominion Energy generates much of it from natural gas. Recent protests have led Virginia to require data centers to pay fully for new transmission lines.
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