The DCs are in VA because its fed / spook central, which induces a large number of well paid policy / compliance / paperwork / tech jobs etc.

NoVa literally one of the richest regions on the planet and it's all sorta tied up in the same thing. Seems unfair to say DCs "bring nothing", the whole ecosystem is a manifestation of concentrated defense spend.

> electric bills have literally doubled in the last 24 or so months

To all the dopes wondering why people hate your data center contribution craze so much this is why.

Don’t know why it needs to be spelled out so explicitly. It’s obvious to anyone with an IQ above room temp. I’ve seen it all over the country at this point. People are really made when their bills get real expensive.

Instead of banning datacenters, why not just increase electricity rates for industrial customers?

If they build datacenters anyway, there should be plenty of extra funding for power infrastructure.