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Virginia governor creates an AI task force and moves to restrain data centers

Global Published 18 September 2026, 23:29 · archived 18 Sep 2026

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger ordered the state government to take steps that could empower local communities to have a larger say in data center development and slow down approvals in a state that is already home to the data center capital of the world. Executive Order 22 bans executive branch officials from signing non-disclosure agreements […]

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