May 25, 2026
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Texas Ranks First on Power. A 5,500-Person Town Decides the Water.
Texas, Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania already require formal load-interconnection review for large electricity users.
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Virginia is a significant location for data center development on the U.S. East Coast, with major facilities concentrated in Northern Virginia near Washington, D.C., though it is geographically distinct from Texas's datacenter infrastructure.
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May 17, 2026
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Hill County Wants State Rules. Smart Developers Will Help Write Them.
A Union of Concerned Scientists analysis found utilities across seven PJM states approved $4.356 billion in local transmission projects in 2024 alone to connect datacenters, with over 95% of costs assigned to ratepayers. Virginia led at nearly $2 billion.
May 3, 2026
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MARA's $1.5B Long Ridge Buy Sets the New AI Infrastructure Playbook
Carnegie Mellon's Nicholas Muller pegs annual U.S. pollution and health costs from 2,800 facilities at roughly $25 billion, with Texas and Virginia together accounting for 30%.
April 24, 2026
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Cancellations Quadrupled. Abilene's 2.1 GW Answer Is Off the Grid.
The American Farm Bureau Federation notes Texas ranks second nationally with 546 active or under-construction facilities behind Virginia's 706, with Goldman Sachs projecting a 10.4 GW supply gap persisting into 2028.
April 16, 2026
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Engage Early or Inherit Someone Else's Moratorium
Virginia's appeals court just invalidated the Digital Gateway rezoning
April 6, 2026
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When Military Strikes Take Down Cloud Regions, Location Becomes Strategy
A University of Scranton panel warned that Pennsylvania and West Virginia are the only PJM states currently exporting energy, with Virginia's 35% share of global hyperscale data centers drawing heavily on imports.
April 4, 2026
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Developers Who Own Their Power Are Writing the New Site Selection Rules
Virginia leads in siting rules and water disclosure requirements, with its legislature sending Governor Spanberger a "high use energy facility" permitting bill.
March 13, 2026
Virginia's Tax Crack-Up Hands Texas a $73 Billion Recruiting PitchVirginia hosts 575 data center facilities, more than any other state or nation besides the U.S., and any weakening of its tax framework will redirect capital flows to competitor states, Texas chief among them.
March 10, 2026
26 Cancellations Later, the Rules of Site Selection Have ChangedFrom San Marcos, Texas (where a $1.5 billion campus was killed by a 5-2 council vote) to Virginia (where voters elected a governor who campaigned on forcing the sector to pay more) to Ohio (where moratoriums are spreading), the pattern reflects a resource-driven political realignment.
March 9, 2026
Texas's Next Gigawatt Cluster Depends on Fights No Developer ControlsStates like Virginia, Ohio, and Minnesota already have large-load tariff frameworks.
March 8, 2026
Opacity Is the Moratorium Movement's Best Recruitment ToolA 6 GW-plus pipeline across Virginia, Texas, North Carolina, Kentucky, Indiana, Nevada, and Pennsylvania positions PowerHouse as a national player.
March 6, 2026
Seven Signatures, One Fed Model, and 0.13 Points of InflationVirginia's already at 25% state share and could hit 41-59%.
March 4, 2026
Behind the Pledge: 40 GW, No Rules, and Texas Ready to Win Either WayThe move arrives as data shows datacenter-heavy states like Virginia (15.94 cents/kWh) and Texas (16.04 cents/kWh) already charge below the national average of 17.24 cents/kWh, undermining the narrative that datacenters drive rate hikes.
March 2, 2026
Developers Face 300 Bills and One Hard Truth: Water Has No WorkaroundVirginia's proposed 2,100-acre Digital Gateway complex remains in state appeals court.