"We have forecasted that power demand from data centers is going to nearly quadruple over the next 15 years. … The data centers are certainly the largest power users of any industry, and they represent about 20% of our electricity sales in Virginia.
Over the next 15 years we're going to be building a lot of new power plants in Virginia, and a lot of new electric transmission infrastructure."
https://www.wmra.org/2024-06-04/ghosts-in-the-machine-data-centers-in-our-region
Gerry McGovern /
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