Data center battles & Dominion-NextEra merger

Data-center growth remains the region’s central land-use and infrastructure fight. New resident-survey findings show qualified support for development but strong demand for safeguards, underground lines, reporting, and buffers near homes and schools; Dominion’s potential $13 monthly carbon-market-related charge adds to electricity-cost concerns. Amazon’s reduced Spotsylvania campus, Stafford’s Accokeek and Potomac Church projects, the planned reclaimed-water eminent-domain hearing, Executive Order 22, and the Attorney General’s request for renewed SCC review of the Dominion-NextEra merger remain active.