…and other businesses. In the last decade, the energy demand of data centers has expanded eightfold from 462 megawatts in 2013 to 5.8 gigawatts in 2024. Today, individual data center…
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2025 Impact Report
…remains deeply engaged in data center and energy infrastructure development in Loudoun County, including the new Electrical Infrastructure Plan and Phase 2 of the Data Center Comprehensive Plan Amendment to…
Update on Data Centers in Culpeper and Invite to Upcoming Rooftop Solar Lecture
…Supervisors’ latest action on the proposed Keyser Farm data center campus; and an unexpected development in our continued fight against the Copper Ridge data center campus in the Town of…
Spring Orange County Updates
…largest data center project in the world, is another example of the growing grassroots power of Virginians pushing back against uncontrolled data center development. PEC provided direct testimony to Prince…
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for July 22, 2024
…the facility,” reads one of the slides in a staff presentation floating the idea. Potential names are: Ivy Solid Waste Center Ivy Solid Waste Center Ivy Refuse and Recyling Center…
On the Ground Updates – March 2025
…the data center operator behind the planned Culpeper Technology Campus. The amendment will increase how much noise pollution the data centers can emit in residential areas and exempt construction noise…
On the Ground Updates – September 2025
Albemarle & Charlottesville As Albemarle County updates its Data Center Ordinance, PEC is strongly advocating that all proposed data centers larger than 40,000 square feet be required to go through…
Op-Ed: Protect Virginians from paying billions for data center infrastructure
…centers consume unprecedented amounts of energy. Billions of dollars of new power generation and transmission infrastructure is needed to meet data center demand. As of now, all of Virginia’s ratepayers…
Winter Orange County Updates
…County Approves Technology Zoning District, Town Considers Data Centers Data center in nearby Culpeper County. Photo by Hugh Kenny/PEC. Last month, despite opposition from dozens of residents, the Board of…
Data Center Reform is at the Finish Line: Will the General Assembly Get it Done?
WARRENTON, Va. (Feb. 20, 2026) – Two important data center reform bills, SB619 and SB339 survived crossover – bringing the General Assembly that much closer to passing real data center…