2024 Data Center Legislation

Senate Bills   SB191 (Electric utilities; data center demand, allocation of costs among customer classes): https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB191 – Senator Suhas Subramanyam   SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED: Electric utilities; data center demand; allocation of costs among customer classes. Directs the State Corporation Commission to ensure that any plan, petition, Read More …

MEDIA ALERT!  Press Conference – Friday, Jan 12 – 1:30 PM

PRESS CONFERENCE The Coalition to Protect Prince William County, with American Battlefield Trust and other plaintiffs, will be holding a press conference at 1:30 pm on Friday, January 12, 2024 to discuss their legal action on the Digital Gateway Project as follow up to the December 11, Read More …

Prince William Times: New high-voltage transmission line for Gainesville data centers is already facing pushback from activists

New high-voltage transmission line for Gainesville data centers is already facing pushback from activists | News | princewilliamtimes.com By Jill Palermo Times Staff Writer Jan 8, 2024 Updated 18 hrs ago A rendering of the I-66/U.S. 29 Technology Park, which was approved by the Prince William Board Read More …

DEMAND This Newest Transmission Line Go Underground – And Customers Pay!

We warned Supervisors Ann Wheeler, Kenny Boddye, Andrea Bailey, Victor Angry, and Margaret Franklin that data center development had impacts not only to the residents nearby, with industrialization of their communities, but that EVERY Dominion Energy rate payer would be responsible for covering ALL the power Read More …

dcist: Metro, Stadium Deal, Data Centers Among Northern Virginia Issues On The General Assembly Docket

Metro, Stadium Deal, Data Centers Among Northern Virginia Issues On The General Assembly Docket | DCist Virginia Issues On The General Assembly Docket Margaret Barthel Jan 4, 2024 The Virginia General Assembly session begins on Jan. 10. Tyrone Turner / DCist/WAMU Virginia lawmakers will head to Richmond Read More …

InsideNoVa: A new day in Prince William: Deshundra Jefferson steps into her role as county chair

A new day in Prince William: Deshundra Jefferson steps into her role as county chair | Headlines | insidenova.com During last year’s campaign, Deshundra Jefferson was characterized by some as a “newcomer” to politics. But she rejects that tag. While the new Democratic chair of Read More …

Virginia Business: Tax-rich data centers stir up county controversy

Data mining – Virginia Business Tax-rich data centers stir up county controversy PUBLISHED DECEMBER 31, 2023BY SABRINA MORENO Elena Schlossberg spent more than three years fighting the Prince William Digital Gateway, approved Dec. 13, 2023, by the county’s board of supervisors on a 3-4 vote. Photo by Read More …

Prince William Times: Bristow residents file lawsuit challenging ‘Devlin Technology Park’ data center rezoning

Bristow residents file lawsuit challenging ‘Devlin Technology Park’ data center rezoning | News | princewilliamtimes.com By Cher Muzyk and Jill Palermo Times Staff Writers Dec 29, 2023 Updated Dec 29, 2023 Brentsville Supervisor-Elect Tom Gordy speaks in support of residents rallying against the Devlin Technology Park—a controversial rezoning Read More …

Don’t Miss THIS Holiday Greeting!

Dear Supporters, Happy Hannukah, Merry Christmas, and just an overall Happy Holidays! On December 11th, the Coalition with their legal counsel, Chap Petersen, an experienced and successful litigator who also served in the Virginia State Senate for 16 years, held a press conference. Press Conference Digital Read More …

InsideNoVa: Now that Digital Gateway has been approved, what’s next for the massive data center project?

Now that Digital Gateway has been approved, what’s next for the massive data center project? | Headlines | insidenova.com Construction plans and a timeline for the PW Digital Gateway data center corridor remain murky despite the project’s rezonings being approved by the Prince William Board Read More …

Canary Media: Suddenly, US electricity demand is spiking. Can the grid keep up?

Suddenly, US electricity demand is spiking. Can the… | Canary Media Data centers, factories, heat pumps and EVs are putting increasing stress on a grid that isn’t growing fast enough, new data shows. By Jeff St. John 20 December 2023   A recently constructed Meta data center in Read More …

PW Times: Supervisor Kenny Boddye’s abstention was key to the PW Digital Gateway’s approval

Supervisor Kenny Boddye’s abstention was key to the PW Digital Gateway’s approval | News | princewilliamtimes.com Boddye said he had mixed feelings but didn’t want to leave the project in limbo. By Shannon Clark Times Staff Writer Dec 20, 2023 Updated Dec 20, 2023 Supervisor Kenny Boddye, Read More …

WJLA: ‘The fight is definitely not over’: Prince William woman leads charge against data centers

‘The fight is definitely not over’: Prince William woman leads charge against data centers | WJLA by Rebecca Turco Sun, December 17th 2023, 5:00 PM EST VIDEO … HAYMARKET, Va. (7News) — A number of people in Prince William County aren’t giving up the fight in the Read More …

dcist: Controversial Data Center Plan Passes In Prince William County After 27-Hour Hearing

Prince William Supervisors Approve Massive Data Center Project (dcist.com) Margaret Barthel Tyrone Turner After their public statement in support of the Digital Gateway, Beverly Davis, middle, is congratulated by others. His daughter, Beverly Parsons, is shown at left. Tyrone Turner / DCist/WAMU The Prince William Board of Read More …

Chap Petersen: “The Miracle of Manassas”

Dear Friends and Virginians: It was 161 years ago that the Union and Confederate armies clashed at the battle of Second Manassas.  Since that time, the battlefield — the site of two major Civil War engagements – has remained uncluttered and undeveloped, a living monument Read More …