4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (580+ words) A massive new transmission line planned for Virginia would run farther through Buckingham County than any other county in the state — even though Buckingham has no data center built or proposed. That disconnect is raising difficult questions about who benefits,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (427+ words) RICHMOND, Va. — A Richmond man living near Chippenham Hospital has experienced 24 power outages and flickers since February 2025. Now he wants answers from Dominion Energy. "It happens all the time that it goes out, that it stays out maybe twice a…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (429+ words) (The Center Square) – Virginia earned an overall C for its infrastructure in a new report, with energy, schools and wastewater among the lowest-rated areas despite billions of dollars in recent state and federal investment. The American Society of Civil Engineers…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (598+ words) Virginia's booming data center buildout has intensified a fight over who should fund the power infrastructure needed to support it. For households, the answer could show up as higher monthly electric bills. Gov. Abigail Spanberger says data centers should cover…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (157+ words) Thousands across Kentucky are without power following storms moving through the region on Aug. 16. According to LG&E's and KU's outage tracker, around 9,000 Kentucky customers, including around 5,400 in Jefferson County, were without power as 7:17 a.m. Aug. 17. A poweroutage.us map indicates…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (539+ words) State regulators in Virginia are rethinking who should absorb the cost of the major transmission buildout needed as data centers push electricity demand higher. As Virginia Mercury reported, a new order could place a larger share of those expenses on…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1191+ words) A new state report finds groundwater resources are heading toward unsustainable levels in the eastern part of Virginia, including Hampton Roads, raising concerns for increased saltwater intrusion in drinking wells and the stability of aquifer recharge projects. Virginia’s coastal plain…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (387+ words) Virginia's fast-growing data center industry is hitting a notable roadblock: the electric system cannot deliver new power as quickly as many projects want. Because a grid hookup can take years, some developers are looking at generating electricity on-site instead so…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (578+ words) A developer is eyeing the property of a shuttered steel mill in Eastern Kentucky for what would be the largest data center project in the state so far, according to plans shared with local officials. The developer, Rubix Data Centers,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (508+ words) A proposal to explore building a data center at an industrial park in Eastern Kentucky is raising a major question for people across the region: Can tech growth bring jobs and tax revenue without putting new strain on resources such…...