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Ashburn, VA

Ashburn, Virginia is a major data center hub in Northern Virginia that competes with Texas for cloud computing and enterprise server infrastructure investment due to its proximity to Washington, D.C. and East Coast markets.

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August 11, 2026

Gov. Abbott's Audit Leaves Batch Zero With No Restart Date

On the Eastern Interconnection, more than 3 GW of data center load dropped off PJM on July 22, 2026 after a single transmission fault near Ashburn, repeating a failure mode NERC investigated when 1.5 GW shed on July 10, 2024.

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