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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.green/users/gerrymcgovern/statuses/112564167239703485">Gerry McGovern (gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 00:40:30 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern" title="gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/90000-48-20230120164526.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Gerry McGovern" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Gerry McGovern</a></section><article><p>"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. <br>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."</p><p><a href="https://www.wmra.org/2024-06-04/ghosts-in-the-machine-data-centers-in-our-region" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.wmra.org/2024-06-04/ghosts-in-the-machine-data-centers-in-our-region</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3197163#notice-6316619">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-06-06T00:40:30+09:00" title="Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 00:40:30 JST">about a year ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/112564167239703485" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.green via ActivityPub">mastodon.green</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/112564167239703485">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: npr.brightspotcdn.com</div><h5><a href="https://www.wmra.org/2024-06-04/ghosts-in-the-machine-data-centers-in-our-region">Ghosts in the machine: data centers in our region</a></h5><div> from <span>https://www.wmra.org/people/randi-b-hagi</span></div></header><div>Northern Virginia is home to the largest concentration of data centers in the world. A few facilities have also been developed in our neck of the woods, and the industry impacts the entire state's power grid. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Gerry McGovern (gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jun-2024 00:40:30 JST Gerry McGovern
"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
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  Northern Virginia is home to the largest concentration of data centers in the world. A few facilities have also been developed in our neck of the woods, and the industry impacts the entire state's power grid. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

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