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Virginia's executive order marks a significant shift in state-level AI governance by prioritizing community oversight, environmental safeguards, and workforce protection over rapid infrastructure expansion. This move highlights a growing divergence between federal inertia and state-led policy initiatives aimed at mitigating the societal risks of large-scale data center deployment.

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

The VergeSeptember 18, 20263 min read

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 nondisclosure agreements for data center projects, requires expedited noise regulations, and requires a review of backup-generation operations used by data centers, among other requirements. The order also establishes an AI task force responsible for evaluating how the state government can address risks to Virginians like wo … Read the full story at The Verge.

is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform. Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) ordered…

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