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Virginia
US state hosting the world's densest data-centre cluster, now split by a tax-abatement budget standoff.
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#13 2 Aug
Mentioned in: Abbott orders a full data centre audit
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#12 31 Jul
Mentioned in: Amazon's $137.2bn of leases it hasn't opened
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#163 27 Jul
Mentioned in: Iran cuts cheap petrol to 50 litres
Iran Conflict 2026#12 24 Jul
US measles passes 2025's full-year total
Pandemics and Biosecurity#11 23 Jul
Mentioned in: GE Vernova backlog hits 116 GW
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#14 22 Jul
Mentioned in: Sabato moves three races for governor
US Midterms 2026#11 22 Jul
Mentioned in: Maryland county caps campuses at 25 MW
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#11 21 Jul
Mentioned in: Amazon wins Lake Anna water permit
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#10 19 Jul
Mentioned in: FERC sets a 20 July adequacy deadline
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#11 10 Jul
Mentioned in: Amazon nuisance suit clears first test
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#10 6 Jul
Mentioned in: Prince William denies a 43m sq ft campus
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#15 6 Jul
Mentioned in: AeroVironment banks $580.5m in a day
Drones: Industry & Defence#9 1 Jul
Mentioned in: Santa Fe drops the bar to 1 MW
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#9 30 Jun
Mentioned in: A third of Indiana counties resist
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#9 29 Jun
Virginia signs first per-kWh power tax
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#12 29 Jun
Mentioned in: Colorado shuts last Democratic map route
US Midterms 2026#8 25 Jun
Mentioned in: Amazon lifts India bet to $48bn
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#9 24 Jun
Virginia forces water draw into daylight
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#8 22 Jun
Passed two-year budget including first US BTM-inclusive data-centre consumption tax
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Virginia taxes power behind the meter#8 22 Jun
Mentioned in: Digital Realty raises Teraco to 77%
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#7 16 Jun
Virginia floats a fee on backup gas
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#7 10 Jun
Mentioned in: Oregon PUC delays its data-centre tariff
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#6 9 Jun
Mentioned in: Lake Anna hearing, no PFAS test
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#119 5 Jun
Mentioned in: Iran inflation at worst since 1942
Iran Conflict 2026#117 4 Jun
Mentioned in: Iranian rial erases its Rubio bounce
Iran Conflict 2026#7 3 Jun
Mentioned in: Google prices its water ahead of rules
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#5 1 Jun
Mentioned in: Amazon discharge nears Lake Anna vote
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#109 1 Jun
Mentioned in: War powers clock outlasts the House
Iran Conflict 2026#5 28 May
Mentioned in: Texas developer sues county over pause
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#7 27 May
Mentioned in: Texas Senate, TX-35 both slip to Leans Republican
US Midterms 2026#4 26 May
Berry Hill approval hinges on tax deal
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#7 26 May
Florida map upheld; every 2026 House map locked
US Midterms 2026#4 22 May
Mentioned in: Prime breaks ground on 240 MW Phoenix
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#4 22 May
Tax fight kills Virginia projects early
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#4 22 May
Mentioned in: EdgeConneX bets €3bn on Italian capacity
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#7 21 May
Mentioned in: Sabato moves six House seats toward Democrats
US Midterms 2026#6 19 May
#4 18 May
DOE lets PJM switch off data centres
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#3 12 May
Mentioned in: Fairfax pre-empts; Sabey pulls Seattle plan
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#96 12 May
Mentioned in: US Iran war cost hits $29bn on 12 May
Iran Conflict 2026#3 10 May
Mentioned in: Prince William ends Digital Gateway fight
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#6 8 May
Virginia court kills Democrats' last 2026 track
US Midterms 2026#2 6 May
Mentioned in: Where the next data centres should go
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#5 4 May
Mentioned in: DeSantis signs Florida 24R-4D map into law
US Midterms 2026#5 30 Apr
Mentioned in: Trump signs TrumpIRA.gov order before midterms
US Midterms 2026#2 29 Apr
Mentioned in: Mills vetoes Maine moratorium; House override fails
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#4 28 Apr
Mentioned in: Generic ballot hits D+5.8, first this cycle
US Midterms 2026#2 27 Apr
Virginia courts and counties tighten the cluster
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#4 27 Apr
Mentioned in: Virginia high court hears, sets no clock
US Midterms 2026#4 27 Apr
Cook moves 5 Virginia seats on a voided map
US Midterms 2026#2 25 Apr
#1 22 Apr
Mentioned in: Maine passes first US statewide DC freeze
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#3 22 Apr
Mentioned in: GE Vernova prices the transformer bottleneck
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#4 22 Apr
Virginia map vote passes, then voided
US Midterms 2026#2 21 Apr
Virginia Referendum Could Add Four Democratic Seats
US Midterms 2026#2 21 Apr
“contrasted referendum route vs executive driven redistricting”
US Midterms 2026 · source event
#3 16 Apr
Mentioned in: NJ-11 special tests Dem swing benchmark
US Midterms 2026#2 16 Apr
Mentioned in: FERC commits to June 2026 grid-load order
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#4 16 Apr
Mentioned in: Mejia wins NJ-11 60-40, holds Sherrill seat
US Midterms 2026#70 15 Apr
Mentioned in: Fetterman breaks Democratic line on Iran
Iran Conflict 2026#3 14 Apr
Mentioned in: Maryland map dies as Senate session ends
US Midterms 2026#3 14 Apr
Scheduled referendum polled at 52-47 with $79M spent
US Midterms 2026: Virginia polls Yes as $79m floods in#3 14 Apr
#3 14 Apr
#8 11 Mar
Mentioned in: Microsoft and Google back the Warner-Rounds bill
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#1 12 Feb
Identified as one of three states losing $1B+ per year in data centre tax abatements
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Loudoun rezones 268,700 sq ft despite tax loss#1 1 Oct