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By: Shannon Heckt

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: July 20, 2026

Words: 1,922

Last Updated: 4 weeks, 2 days ago

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Virginia’s surging energy demands require more power generation infrastructure to be built, a slow process that’s delaying new data centers waiting to be connected to the grid.

Dominion Energy, the state’s largest utility, has an estimated 70 gigawatts worth of projects in their queue that need more power sources online before they can link to the energy network. The company is able to connect about 10 large-load customers a year.

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