Virginia orders data-center controls and creates an AI task force
Virginia Executive Order 22 immediately bars executive-branch nondisclosure agreements for new commercial data-center projects, removes new facilities at or above 25 MW from state site-readiness and expedited-review programs, orders environmental and grid work, and creates a rapid-response AI Task Force and policy unit for workforce, privacy and cybersecurity risks.
Why it matters: The order changes the state-level approval and incentive path in the largest U.S. data-center market while creating a standing government mechanism for AI-risk proposals. Operators, utilities and communities now have concrete transparency, siting,…