Did Virginia Regulators Downplay Data Center Health Concerns?

弗吉尼亚州监管机构是否淡化了数据中心的健康问题？

来源: politico.com | 主题: Power | 评论: 9

时间: on Saturday July 25, 2026 @07:00PM

Politico reports that in the Virginia area alone there's dozens of data center projects "that altogether need 70 gigawatts of power — equivalent to 70 nuclear plants" — currently seeking connection to their grid. But there's also concerns about a Virginia data center powered with natural gas and backup diesel generators: When Virginia's top environmental regulator received an analysis warning of data center pollution, it took him less than five minutes to forward it to seven people on his staff... Internal emails obtained by POLITICO through a public records request paint a portrait of an agency that moved quickly to defend the only data center in Virginia that is powering itself — in what former officials and environmental health advocates described as an unusual effort to shape the debat

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