The Hum

The Watch · Week of 2026-06-11

The Hum

Where data centers are being built, contested, and approved across 25 states — and how to be in the room when it happens.

Next hearings near you

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This month

  1. 2026-06-11 · planning_commission Culpeper County Administration Building Not yet verified — check the posted agenda. Planning Commission public hearing — Brandy Station and Wilderness Corridor-adjacent data-center rezoning or special-use items anticipated; agricultural-buffer and viewshed conditions in scope
  2. 2026-06-15 · bos McLean County Government Center Not yet verified — check the posted agenda. Board of Supervisors / council meeting — Bloomington and Normal moratorium coordination and siting standards.
  3. 2026-06-16 · bos Stafford County Government Center Not yet verified — check the posted agenda. Board of Supervisors meeting — data-center rezoning and special-exception items expected June cycle; I-95 corridor applications and Aquia Creek watershed parcels in active queue
  4. 2026-06-16 · planning_commission Washtenaw County Administration Building Not yet verified — check the posted agenda. Planning Commission meeting — township data-center moratorium renewals and zoning-ordinance updates.
  5. 2026-06-16 · bos Hill County Courthouse Not yet verified — check the posted agenda. Board of Supervisors / council meeting — moratorium defense and developer-lawsuit status update.
  6. 2026-06-17 · bos Reno City Hall Not yet verified — check the posted agenda. Board of Supervisors / council meeting — first Nevada local data-center pause — scope and duration.

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.