Virginia cracks down on electricity firms hiking prices for AI data centers — move could save ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ for everyday users

A data center with racks of servers and lots of lights glowing.

• Virginia now makes data centers pay for their own power lines
• Virginia hosts 570 data centers, more than any other US state
• Spanberger says the policy could save residents hundreds of millions

The US state of Virginia is requiring data centers to cover electricity infrastructure costs created specifically by their rapidly growing power demands.