Virginia About to Tackle Who Pays for New Power for Data Centers

Just two days ago, MDN brought you a story about a developing issue of who, ultimately, should pay to build out new electricity sources for data centers (and AI) that increasingly use huge amounts of power (see Big Tech and Big Utility Tangle in Ohio re Data Center Electricity). A large utility company in central Ohio is tangling with Big Tech companies, including Amazon, Google, and others, about the commitments those companies should make before utility companies will risk investing billions to bring new facilities online. We predicted that this issue would pop up in other locations, too. And here we are two days later with news that Virginia is about to tackle the same issue.

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