TechVirginia governor creates AI task force and moves to restrain data centers

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed an executive order giving local communities a greater role in data center development and potentially slowing approvals. The order bans executive-branch NDAs for data center projects, accelerates noise rules, reviews backup generation, and creates an AI task force to examine risks including workforce displacement, data privacy, and AI-related harms.

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