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🌱 How Warrenton’s data-center fight shapes what Virginia towns can forbid

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  • How Warrenton’s data-center fight shapes what Virginia towns can forbid

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📰 News we're reading

• Virginia localities can say no to data centers. The law decides how (nvdaily.com) — Warrenton is cited as a key example of a Virginia town using zoning to remove data centers as an allowed use, while its previously approved project remains in litigation. The piece explains how state law limits local moratoriums, compares approaches in Shenandoah and Frederick counties, and shows what tools communities can legally use if they want to say no to new data centers.
   

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  • Dominion Energy pushback in northern Virginia over proposed transmission lines; Thursday meeting set (fox5dc.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Open-toad (Thank you Harold W. for sending it in!)
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