More Virginians are fed up with data centers. These massive server farms — hundreds of feet tall, covering multiple football fields — are consuming power, water, and land across the commonwealth. Virginia now hosts more data centers than any other place on Earth, and residents are saying the world’s richest corporations should stop receiving nearly $2 billion in tax breaks while everyday energy costs climb.

In this Virginia Insider breakdown, Uriah Kiser examines the growing revolt. In Loudoun County, neighbors fought Dominion Energy’s proposed Golden to Mars transmission line — 180-foot towers running near homes and school property. The State Corporation Commission sided with the utility. The legal battle is now headed toward the Virginia Supreme Court. Similar concerns stretch along the Valley Link corridor from Campbell County to Culpepe ...