Virginia lawmakers consider statewide data center development moratorium

Name: Virginia lawmakers consider statewide data center development moratorium
Uploaded: 2026-08-02T00:26:03.000Z
Duration: 2 min 10 s
Description: Lawmakers in Virginia are increasingly advocating for a statewide moratorium on new data center development. These calls are driven by growing concerns over the environmental impact and strain on water and electricity resources caused by data center growth. Legislators on both sides of the aisle support halting new approvals until these critical issues can be comprehensively addressed.

News Clip2:10NBC4 Washington·VA·8/2/2026

Lawmakers in Virginia are increasingly advocating for a statewide moratorium on new data center development. These calls are driven by growing concerns over the environmental impact and strain on water and electricity resources caused by data center growth. Legislators on both sides of the aisle support halting new approvals until these critical issues can be comprehensively addressed.

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Gov: Virginia lawmakers, Virginia

The calls to stop data center growth in the data center capital of the world are getting louder as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle get behind calls for a statewide moratorium.

Some lawmakers said Virginia has to stop approving new data centers altogether until the impacts on water, electricity and other issues are figured out first.
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