Virginia Orders Data Centers To Pay for Dedicated New Electric Infrastructure
- Virginia, home of the nation's densest concentration of data centers, will require them to pay for the dedicated new power infrastructure they need in a bid to spare homeowners from rising electric bills.
- The commonwealth's State Corporation Commission ordered large data center users to cover the cost of transmission infrastructure they will use exclusively.
- Abigail Spanberger recently pushed for developers to offset their impact on the power grid.
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- Virginia, home of the nation's densest concentration of data centers, will require them to pay for the dedicated new power infrastructure they need in a bid to spare homeowners from rising electric bills.
- The commonwealth's State Corporation Commission ordered large data center users to cover the cost of transmission infrastructure they will use exclusively.
- Abigail Spanberger recently pushed for developers to offset their impact on the power grid.
Sources: Realtor