Spanberger rolls out Data Center Accountability Framework: ‘Step in the right direction’
Abigail Spanberger obviously took the “Data Center Diva” pejorative from State Sen. Louise Lucas not just personally, but also as a motivation.
Abigail Spanberger obviously took the “Data Center Diva” pejorative from State Sen. Louise Lucas not just personally, but also as a motivation.
We are living through a moment in time of cascading disorder. Wars, inequality, and poverty are no longer confined to “faraway” places; they are entwined into a single global crisis that cuts across continents, regions and regimes.
According to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, sea levels have been relatively well-documented throughout the course of human history, making the recent sea level rise particularly noticeable.
Virginia is back as a member of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, following a lengthy legal battle initiated by former Gov. Glenn Youngkin playing politics with the environment, as MAGAs are wont to do.
Virginia has one chance to critically assess NextEra Energy’s proposed acquisition of Dominion Energy.
Back during the 2024 presidential cycle, Donald Trump told Big Oil, out loud, in public, if you will, that they needed to raise $1 billion to fund his campaign, and if they did, he’d make sure they’d get bang for their bucks.
We all use our phones, so the explosion in need for massive data centers, it’s our fault, but we’re also right to be upset at how we’re just letting these data centers go up with no concern for local and environmental impacts.
Virginia needs to strengthen state laws governing the review process for the proposed $66.8 billion purchase of Dominion Energy by the Florida-based NextEra Energy.

Gov. Abigail Spanberger said in an interview with VPM posted online on Wednesday that “no one single person should hold up the budget and potentially risk the entire economic stability of the Commonwealth of Virginia.”
Gov. Abigail Spanberger and House Democrats are on the same page with a do-nothing approach to data centers that they hope will continue the $1.9 billion annual tax breaks that go to developers of hyperscale data centers in Virginia.
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