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 "date": "2026-09-22",
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   "title": "Loudoun County to Host Open Houses in September on Data Center Policies and Regulations",
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   "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/nova/comments/1wj1qfx/loudoun_county_to_host_open_houses_in_september/",
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   "excerpt": "Loudoun County will hold two open house events in connection with phase two of the Data Center Standards and Locations planning and zoning project in September. The open houses, which will be identica"
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   "title": "Video: Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-Fairfax) Warns “the red lights are flashing right now” on AI; Also Says His District Has Few Data Centers, But Loudoun County Has a Ton - and We Need Strong Federal Regulations",
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   "title": "Town Hall with State House candidates",
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   "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/lancaster/comments/1whiqx1/town_hall_with_state_house_candidates/",
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   "excerpt": "Join us for a town hall! We’ve invited State Representative candidates and elected officials across Lancaster County to come together for a town hall on September 26th from 2-4:30pm, to answer questio"
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   "title": "What 200 readers told us about what’s most important in Virginia local elections",
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   "state": "VA",
   "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Virginia/comments/1wmistk/what_200_readers_told_us_about_whats_most/",
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   "excerpt": "Healthcare, democracy and data centers were top concerns heading into this year’s midterms.   submitted by   /u/CardinalNews-VA [link]   [comments]"
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   "title": "Perriello, Macy hit McGuire, Cline on data centers. Here’s what they’re talking about (and what they’re not saying)",
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   "state": "VA",
   "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Virginia/comments/1wmirvl/perriello_macy_hit_mcguire_cline_on_data_centers/",
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   "excerpt": "A fact-check on some of the charges the Democratic candidates in the 5th and 6th congressional districts have made about the Republican incumbents.   submitted by   /u/CardinalNews-VA [link] &"
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   "title": "Commentary: The battle over data centers isn’t just about data centers, but they’re the battleground we have.",
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   "state": "VA",
   "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Virginia/comments/1wmgpgp/commentary_the_battle_over_data_centers_isnt_just/",
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   "excerpt": "See also r/VirginiaOpEds and r/VirginiaEnvironment   submitted by   /u/VirginiaNews [link]   [comments]"
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   "title": "Video: Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA10) Says Data Center Industry Not Happy with Him Right Now; He’s Warned Them “if we do nothing I think that [a national] moratorium will win”",
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   "title": "Loudoun County board pauses data center applications",
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   "state": "VA",
   "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Virginia/comments/1whzbdl/loudoun_county_board_pauses_data_center/",
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   "excerpt": "  submitted by   /u/VirginiaNews [link]   [comments]"
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   "title": "Loudoun County board pauses data center applications",
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   "state": "VA",
   "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/nova/comments/1whug7c/loudoun_county_board_pauses_data_center/",
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   "excerpt": "  submitted by   /u/hencexox [link]   [comments]"
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   "title": "Microsoft to Pay $2.5M for Leesburg Data Center Air Pollution",
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   "state": "VA",
   "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/nova/comments/1whlfvv/microsoft_to_pay_25m_for_leesburg_data_center_air/",
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   "excerpt": "Well, well, well… who could’ve possibly seen this coming? 🙃   submitted by   /u/Lazy-Calendar1463 [link]   [comments]"
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   "title": "3 or 4 data centers could be coming to a former coal mine site in Russell County",
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   "state": "VA",
   "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Virginia/comments/1wha5bv/3_or_4_data_centers_could_be_coming_to_a_former/",
   "published": "2026-09-15T19:24:23+00:00",
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   "excerpt": "The land is owned by the industrial development authority, whose members signed a nondisclosure agreement and remain mum on the project.   submitted by   /u/CardinalNews-VA [link]   [comme"
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   "title": "Gov. Spanberger orders ‘framework’ for regulating data centers, establishes AI task force",
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   "excerpt": "The order addresses several points of frustration among Northern Virginia residents. First, it directs the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to expedite noise regulations “consistent "
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   "title": "Spanberger issues executive order to hold data centers ‘accountable,’ form AI task force",
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   "state": "VA",
   "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Virginia/comments/1wk32dw/spanberger_issues_executive_order_to_hold_data/",
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   "excerpt": "Her order, which follows a months-long budget battle over tax exemptions and more recent concerns regarding the safety of AI, stops short of a moratorium on development.   submitted by   /u/Ca"
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   "title": "Will Spanberger’s data center plan be enough for Virginia voters in 2027?",
   "subreddit": "Virginia",
   "state": "VA",
   "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Virginia/comments/1wk0cje/will_spanbergers_data_center_plan_be_enough_for/",
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   "excerpt": "  submitted by   /u/bknutner [link]   [comments]"
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  {
   "title": "Trump Is Considering More Data Centers on Public Lands Than Previously Known",
   "subreddit": "nova",
   "state": "VA",
   "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/nova/comments/1wjxy3u/trump_is_considering_more_data_centers_on_public/",
   "published": "2026-09-18T18:17:20+00:00",
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   "excerpt": "Great Falls??!   submitted by   /u/Plus-Range3710 [link]   [comments]"
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   "title": "Spanberger Pushes New Data Center Guardrails in Virginia",
   "subreddit": "nova",
   "state": "VA",
   "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/nova/comments/1wjwbor/spanberger_pushes_new_data_center_guardrails_in/",
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   "excerpt": "  submitted by   /u/TheWashingtonSun [link]   [comments]"
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   "title": "Spanberger Pushes New Data Center Guardrails in Virginia: The Virginia governor signed an executive order to increase oversight of the state’s data centers.",
   "subreddit": "Virginia",
   "state": "VA",
   "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Virginia/comments/1wjwt6p/spanberger_pushes_new_data_center_guardrails_in/",
   "published": "2026-09-18T17:36:04+00:00",
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   "excerpt": "  submitted by   /u/Conscious-Quarter423 [link]   [comments]"
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   "title": "Spanberger Outlines Five Points in New Data Center Framework",
   "subreddit": "Virginia",
   "state": "VA",
   "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Virginia/comments/1wju6k7/spanberger_outlines_five_points_in_new_data/",
   "published": "2026-09-18T15:59:40+00:00",
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   "excerpt": "  submitted by   /u/Big-Temporary-6243 [link]   [comments]"
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   "title": "Governor Spanberger holds news conference on data centers and AI",
   "subreddit": "Virginia",
   "state": "VA",
   "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Virginia/comments/1wjtg2r/governor_spanberger_holds_news_conference_on_data/",
   "published": "2026-09-18T15:32:27+00:00",
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   "matched_site_id": null,
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   "doc_links": [],
   "excerpt": "  submitted by   /u/Conscious-Quarter423 [link]   [comments]"
  },
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   "title": "Spanberger is banning non-disclosure agreements for data centers, requiring stricter permitting and clean energy mandates for the server warehouses",
   "subreddit": "Virginia",
   "state": "VA",
   "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Virginia/comments/1wjtfvu/spanberger_is_banning_nondisclosure_agreements/",
   "published": "2026-09-18T15:32:15+00:00",
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   "matched_site_id": null,
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   "doc_links": [],
   "excerpt": "  submitted by   /u/Conscious-Quarter423 [link]   [comments]"
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   "title": "Fauquier planning commission green lights stricter rules for data centers, OKs battery storage system",
   "subreddit": "nova",
   "state": "VA",
   "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/nova/comments/1wjp7sk/fauquier_planning_commission_green_lights/",
   "published": "2026-09-18T12:45:46+00:00",
   "score": 2.9,
   "matched_site_id": null,
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   "doc_links": [],
   "excerpt": "  submitted by   /u/VirginiaNews [link]   [comments]"
  },
  {
   "title": "Applicants, including Fauquier Supervisor Daron Culbertson, pull Remington area data center proposal",
   "subreddit": "Virginia",
   "state": "VA",
   "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Virginia/comments/1wj8q6x/applicants_including_fauquier_supervisor_daron/",
   "published": "2026-09-17T22:42:01+00:00",
   "score": 2.3,
   "matched_site_id": null,
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   "doc_links": [],
   "excerpt": "  submitted by   /u/IAmTheM4ilm4n [link]   [comments]"
  },
  {
   "title": "Major traffic impacts expected across 3 western Pennsylvania counties as \"superloads\" move through",
   "subreddit": "Pennsylvania",
   "state": "PA",
   "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Pennsylvania/comments/1wirwjo/major_traffic_impacts_expected_across_3_western/",
   "published": "2026-09-17T11:55:19+00:00",
   "score": 1.8,
   "matched_site_id": null,
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   "doc_links": [],
   "excerpt": "Can't wait for that natural gas powered data center.   submitted by   /u/Great-Cow7256 [link]   [comments]"
  },
  {
   "title": "Flat tires from nailed dropped by data center construction on Belmont Ridge Road",
   "subreddit": "nova",
   "state": "VA",
   "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/nova/comments/1wi7kf7/flat_tires_from_nailed_dropped_by_data_center/",
   "published": "2026-09-16T19:41:48+00:00",
   "score": 1.2,
   "matched_site_id": null,
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   "doc_links": [],
   "excerpt": "Hello, I had had 2 flat titles caused by large nails/screws dropped by the construction crews building data centers next to the conjunction of Gloucester Pkwy and Belmont Ridge Road, next to Belmont C"
  },
  {
   "title": "How bad is data center sound within 500ft of home?",
   "subreddit": "nova",
   "state": "VA",
   "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/nova/comments/1wi2j90/how_bad_is_data_center_sound_within_500ft_of_home/",
   "published": "2026-09-16T16:43:39+00:00",
   "score": 1,
   "matched_site_id": null,
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   "doc_links": [],
   "excerpt": "I've seen a lot of people say that data center noise doesn't bother them, but typically those people live a mile plus away. If anyone lives directly next to a data center like in data center a"
  },
  {
   "title": "Virginia’s federal lawmakers lock in on regulating data centers",
   "subreddit": "Virginia",
   "state": "VA",
   "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Virginia/comments/1whz8h5/virginias_federal_lawmakers_lock_in_on_regulating/",
   "published": "2026-09-16T14:44:14+00:00",
   "score": 0.9,
   "matched_site_id": null,
   "matched_terms": [],
   "doc_links": [],
   "excerpt": "See also r/VirginiaNews , r/VirginiaDems , and r/VirginiaEnvironment   submitted by   /u/VirginiaNews [link]   [comments]"
  },
  {
   "title": "Data Center being built in southern Berks County --- \"New Morgan Borough rezones 132-acre parcel to create ‘data center overlay district’\"",
   "subreddit": "Pennsylvania",
   "state": "PA",
   "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Pennsylvania/comments/1whdpbh/data_center_being_built_in_southern_berks_county/",
   "published": "2026-09-15T21:36:15+00:00",
   "score": 0.2,
   "matched_site_id": null,
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   "doc_links": [],
   "excerpt": "Sharing this to coordinate with any others that are interested or capable of organizing any legal resistance to this and to explore other options that maybe available. I'm distraught that I'm "
  },
  {
   "title": "Most Pennsylvanians Want Data Center Development Paused, Strongly Regulated, or Discouraged Altogether",
   "subreddit": "Pennsylvania",
   "state": "PA",
   "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Pennsylvania/comments/1wh852l/most_pennsylvanians_want_data_center_development/",
   "published": "2026-09-15T18:13:23+00:00",
   "score": 0.1,
   "matched_site_id": null,
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   "doc_links": [],
   "excerpt": "More than nine in ten (94%) Pennsylvanians want data center development paused, strongly regulated, or discouraged altogether, according to our latest poll . Most Pennsylvanians believe data center de"
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