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Virginia Officials Oppose Construction of Data Center Complex With Gas-Fired Power Plants

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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 18:32:20 +0000

A planning commission in a Virginia county has voted unanimously to recommend denial of a rezoning application from Balico LLC, an industrial developer seeking to build multiple natural gas-fired generation […]

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Digital Data Centers

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Virginia Officials Say State Will Be Home to World’s First Fusion Power Plant

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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:50:26 +0000

Virginia’s governor and other officials on Dec. 17 said the state has a plan for the world’s first nuclear fusion power plant. Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) on Tuesday announced it […]

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CFS ARC aerial rendering fusion Virginia

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THE BIG PICTURE: How Much Power Will Data Centers Consume? (Infographic)

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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 15:07:22 +0000

Driven by artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and the digital transformation, U.S. data centers consumed an estimated 150 TWh of electricity in 2023—equivalent to around 3% of the nation’s power […]

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Aurora Energy Research projects that Northern Virginia alone could see the addition of 11 GW to 16 GW of data center capacity by 2030. Meanwhile, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) estimates that the data center share of electricity load in Virginia could climb to 50% by 2030, with similar trends expected in other major U.S. states.

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EVLO Will Provide Dominion Energy With Safety-Enhanced Energy Storage Systems

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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:09:25 +0000

EVLO Energy Storage, a fully integrated battery energy storage systems (BESS) provider and wholly owned subsidiary of Hydro-Québec, on Nov. 20 announced a major achievement in its relationship with investor-owned […]

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EVLOFlex

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