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Curated external coverage of Virginia data-center fights — hearings, vote outcomes, grid impact, community response.

1. 2026-11-03 · Washington Post · loudoun, prince-william, dominion-grid 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 · spotsylvania, by-right 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 · prince-william, dominion-grid, setback 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.

4. 2026-05-15 · Cardinal News · dominion-grid, easement Appalachian Power plans upgrades to serve Google data centers in Botetourt

   Utility filed plans to rebuild 17 miles of 138-kV transmission line and construct a new substation for Google's $3-billion three-building campus at Greenfield; SCC application scheduled for fall 2027 with construction completing late 2029.

5. 2026-05-12 · Inside NoVA · prince-william, comp-plan-amendment, by-right Quantico Ridge data center campus near Prince William Forest Park shelved for now

   Highland Properties Manassas LLC withdrew its 160-acre comp-plan amendment from the Board of Supervisors agenda before a scheduled public hearing; the proposal would have converted open-space and residential land to industrial use adjacent to Prince William Forest Park.

6. 2026-05-08 · Inside NoVA · prince-william, digital-gateway, comp-plan-amendment What's next for the Digital Gateway data center appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court?

   Developer QTS filed a Supreme Court petition after the March 31 Court of Appeals ruling reaffirmed cancellation of the 2000-acre Gainesville campus rezonings; Compass ended its appeal April 28 and the county withdrew its defense after spending $1.7 million.

7. 2026-05-07 · Fauquier Times · prince-william, digital-gateway, comp-plan-amendment Digital Gateway's 100-plus landowners remain in limbo as project hangs by a thread

   More than 100 landowners on the 156-parcel Digital Gateway site face inflated tax assessments totaling $448 million against the possibility that rezoning reversals could halve their property values within three to five months pending a Virginia Supreme Court ruling.

8. 2026-04-25 · Fauquier Times · prince-william, culpeper, comp-plan-amendment, by-right Local governments race to attract data centers often in spite of concerns from their constituents

   Survey of Northern Virginia and Culpeper County finds planning commissions approving data-center rezonings over constituent objections; Culpeper planners unanimously recommended denial on two proposals while Orange County faces Wilderness Crossing applications near Civil War battlefields.

9. 2026-04-16 · Fauquier Times · prince-william, digital-gateway, comp-plan-amendment Prince William County drops legal fight for Digital Gateway project

   Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to cease defending the 2022 Digital Gateway rezoning after the Court of Appeals ruling; county had spent $1.5 million in legal fees defending the 1700-acre Gainesville campus before abandoning its position.

10. 2026-04-13 · Fauquier Times · loudoun, prince-william, fauquier, dominion-grid Virginia lawmakers take steps to rein in sprawling data center industry

    General Assembly passed bills requiring site-assessment reports for facilities over 1000 MW and directing the SCC to reallocate grid costs toward data centers; the $1.5-billion annual sales-tax exemption survived with new environmental conditions attached.

11. 2026-04-10 · Fauquier Times · fauquier, dominion-grid, easement Fauquier supervisors to Dominion: Bury power lines and reveal your clients

    Board adopted two resolutions April 9 demanding underground installation of the 164-mile Valley Link transmission line and asking the SCC to require public disclosure of the large electricity consumers driving the project.

12. 2026-03-19 · Fauquier Times · fauquier, dominion-grid, by-right Planning commissioners deny data center's request to build private gas plant

    Fauquier Planning Commission voted to recommend denial of PointOne Data Centers' proposed 12-turbine gas generator yard at Remington Technology Park; decision forwarded to county supervisors for final determination.

13. 2026-03-17 · Fauquier Times · loudoun, fauquier, dominion-grid Data center bills dominated this year's General Assembly. Here's what passed.

    Session produced four enacted bills: SCC authority to shift grid costs toward data centers; quarterly water-use reporting requirements; mandatory site assessments for facilities over 1000 MW; and new DEQ air-permit standards for on-site generators.

14. 2026-02-25 · Fauquier Times · fauquier, comp-plan-amendment, by-right Most Remington data center projects still pending

    Four of five proposed data-center campuses near Remington remain in the rezoning pipeline; only PointOne's Remington Technology Park has received approval; SAMI application administratively closed after years of inactivity.

15. 2025-04-11 · Cardinal News · loudoun, dominion-grid Energy demand will outstrip supply in Virginia as data centers proliferate

    JLARC report projects Virginia power demand could rise 183% by 2040; grid reliability experts warn of rotating blackouts within three to five years as Loudoun County's approximately 200 data centers account for 35% of global colocation capacity.