Data centers swallowed his suburb. Now he wants to profit.

Data centers have transformed Ashburn, Virginia, into the data center capital of the world. For residents in one neighborhood ...

Record Turnout Brings Northern Virginia’s Data Center Industry and Community Together at 2026 Cloud Run

Hundreds of runners, families, students, IT professionals and residents gathered in Data Center Alley for the 2026 ...

A Virginia man struck a deal to get homeowners a 'life changing' payout in $500 million data center deal — but not everyone wants to sell

While some residents support his push for the deal, many oppose it on grounds related to everything from wanting their kids ...
Bluewin

A small town makes billions and the residents flee

Ashburn in the USA was once a sleepy suburb. Today, the town is considered the capital of the Internet - with the highest density of data centers in the world. For the population, this means a growing ...
Canary Media

Virginia slaps data centers with big new tax — but no climate rules

The state’s Democratic trifecta couldn’t agree on clean energy or air-quality reforms in time for the budget, which passed ...
TribLIVE.com

For residents of Virginia’s ‘data center alley,’ the industry underpins economy — but with costs

This is the second installment of a TribLive occasional series on data center development in Western Pennsylvania. Today’s story looks at the boom in data center construction in Northern Virginia and ...

Map shows states where data centers are spreading fastest across the US

The US data center boom is uneven, with 67 under construction and development concentrated in a few states nationwide.
AOL

Virginia man wants to sell neighborhood to data centers for $500M

(NewsNation) — A Virginia man frustrated by the growing number of data centers in his neighborhood had an idea: convince his neighbors to sell their homes to tech developers. Mital Gandhi, who lives ...
The Washington Post

See where diesel-powered data center generators are polluting Virginia

STERLING, Va. — Not long after the enormous data center sprouted in Jessica Medeiros’s residential neighborhood, she began seeing black smoke. “There are times when the generators are running and … ...