Loudoun County, other Virginia localities consider hitting the brakes on data center development

By: Shannon Heckt

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: July 30, 2026

Words: 695

Last Updated: 4 days, 10 hours ago

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Loudoun County, ground zero of Data Center Alley and home to over 250 of the power-hungry digital warehouse facilities, is considering a pause on all new data center project applications, officials said this week.

“The community has basically been begging us to do something about the unchecked growth of data centers,” County Supervisor Juli Briskman said Thursday. “The communities have been asking us to fight back against these big corporations that have basically been able …

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