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Microsoft's Virginia data centers create tension with state clean energy goals

One of the world’s most profitable technology companies could be abandoning an ambitious clean-energy goal in Virginia as it races to build electricity-hungry data centers. Several of the company’s facilities are already operating in Virginia, the data center capital of the world, and more are…

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Appeared in: 2026-06-15 (#13)

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