The Hum

Virginia Watch · Week of 2026-05-16

The Hum

Where data centers are being built, contested, and approved in Virginia — and how to be in the room when it happens.

Next hearings near you

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This month

  1. 2026-05-21 · bos Warren Green Building [OPERATOR CONFIRM: pull specific case numbers from agenda packet posted before hearing] Board of Supervisors meeting — Vint Hill corridor and Old Fauquier Springs data-center applications anticipated; agricultural-land conversion and easement conditions under review
  2. 2026-05-26 · planning_commission Loudoun County Government Center [OPERATOR CONFIRM: agenda item not yet identified from public sources — placeholder] Planning Commission public hearing — data-center special-exception applications anticipated on Sycolin Road corridor
  3. 2026-05-26 · bos McCoart Administration Building [OPERATOR CONFIRM: pull specific REZO/SPEX application numbers from agenda packet posted by Friday May 22] Board of Supervisors public hearing — data-center special-exception applications anticipated for Digital Gateway corridor; Manassas Battlefield buffer items may appear
  4. 2026-06-02 · bos Culpeper County Administration Building [OPERATOR CONFIRM: pull specific case numbers (REZ-####, SUP-####) from agenda packet posted before hearing] Board of Supervisors public hearing — Brandy Station corridor data-center special-exception applications anticipated; agricultural-land conversion and battlefield viewshed conditions under review
  5. 2026-06-02 · bos Stafford County Government Center [OPERATOR CONFIRM: pull specific case numbers (REZ-####, SPEX-####) from agenda packet posted before hearing] Board of Supervisors public hearing — Aquia Creek watershed-adjacent data-center special-exception applications anticipated; stormwater, Chesapeake Bay Overlay, and Dominion interconnection conditions under review
  6. 2026-06-02 · bos King George County Sheriff's Office Multipurpose Board Room [OPERATOR CONFIRM: pull specific case numbers from agenda packet before hearing] Board of Supervisors meeting — Dahlgren-area and I-95 corridor data-center special-exception applications anticipated; Dominion interconnection and stormwater conditions under review

Recent coverage

  1. 2026-11-03 · Washington Post Dominion forecasts new data-center load could double Loudoun grid demand

    Utility's integrated resource plan filing details ~3.5 GW of new data-center interconnect requests in Northern Virginia by 2030

  2. 2026-11-01 · Loudoun Now Tract 3B rezoning hits second contested vote

    County board postpones decision after 14 residents oppose data-center conversion of farm parcel

  3. 2026-05-15 · Inside NoVA NOVEC's 300-megawatt Diamond Hill substation sent back to Prince William Planning Commission due to faulty advertising

    Board of County Supervisors unanimously remanded the NOVEC-Dominion 300-MW substation for the Hunter Property data-center campus in Bristow after determining the prior Planning Commission vote was improperly noticed.