Overall, while data centers promise — and have provided, in many cases — substantial economic benefit, JLARC found that it is ...

Virginia’s Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) found the state agency responsible for “protecting and promoting” the health of all Virginians “struggles to pay its ...

The General Assembly can act to preserve the benefits of data center growth in Virginia while minimizing some of the negative ...

JLARC’s sobering assessment validates the need for data centers to work out ways to provide their own on-site energy, rather than depending on the grid, Loudoun County Supervisor Mike Turner ...

Thanks to data center construction, Virginia's electricity usage is likely to triple over the next 15 years. Meeting that ...

Virginia has a green light from the administration of President Joe Biden to use $1.48 billion in federal infrastructure ...

Investing in Virginia’s education system will draw more qualified individuals to the profession, reduce turnover and mitigate the need for remedial education, James T. Roberts and Tammi F. Dice ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — Virginia’s Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) released a lengthy report Monday on the data center industry and its impacts on the state. The 156 ...

The Joint Legislative Audit & Review Commission (JLARC) took 12 months and conducted 300 interviews to analyze the benefits and challenges of data center complexes. The industry exploded in ...

To the credit of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC), however, it has tried to sound the alarm. JLARC’s report, “Data Centers in Virginia,” released December 9, describes the ...