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Virginia Built the World’s Data Center Capital. Now Comes the Balancing Act

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By David Kidd, Carl Smith
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Demand for internet access and electronic storage has grown alongside digital technology itself. At the center of that growth are the energy infrastructure and data centers that governments and companies began developing in Northern Virginia in the late 20th century. Today, the region houses the world’s largest concentration of data centers, making Virginia the nation’s digital capital.
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An Honest Conversation We Need About Data Centers

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By David Kidd
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Data centers are a rapidly growing and essential part of the country’s basic infrastructure. A country that wants to lead in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and digital innovation cannot treat large-scale computing capacity as optional. But communities shouldn’t confuse national importance with automatic local benefit. The right question isn’t whether data centers should be built but on what terms states and communities should welcome them.
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How an Oil Strike Transformed a North Dakota Town

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By David Kidd
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The community’s fortunes changed in the early morning hours of April 4, 1951. The Clarence Iverson well, surrounded by deep drifts of snow from recent blizzards, struck oil a few miles south of Tioga. That discovery touched off 75 years of oil exploration in North Dakota and started an industry that now accounts for more than half of all taxes collected in the state. Dirt roads. No sewer. No running water.
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