Track how AI data center buildouts are reshaping power grids, labor markets, and AI product roadmaps in 2025.
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Case Study: Northern Virginia Capacity Planning
Dominion Energy’s 2024 integrated resource plan includes 9 GW of new load from data centers by 2038, forcing early investment in transmission and gas peaker plants while accelerating solar procurement. A February 2025 addendum earmarks two 500 kV line upgrades specifically for AI campuses.
Loudoun County requires developers to file water reuse and noise mitigation plans, illustrating how community acceptance hinges on non-financial considerations.
Major tenants (Amazon, Meta, Oracle) now co-fund substation upgrades to secure queue positions—costs that used to sit solely with utilities.