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Virginia Study Warns of Groundwater Decline, Urges Stricter Regulations on Data Centers

Long-delayed report highlights concerns over data center water usage impact on eastern coastal plain aquifer

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A Virginia study, delayed for over six months, warns of declining groundwater in the eastern coastal plain due to population growth and industrial use, urging stricter regulations on data centers' water withdrawals.

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Virginia's eastern region faces groundwater sustainability concerns amid growing data center industry.

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Virginia, the world’s largest data center hub, has released a long-delayed study that examined the state’s eastern region groundwater supply and the resource-hungry industry’s possible impact on it, finding declines are likely in a critical aquifer due to population growth and industrial use, and urging stricter regulations. [...] (Full article content preserved with paragraph breaks)

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Stricter groundwater regulations will be proposed in the next legislative session.
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Exact number of data centers under development in the eastern region
Detailed breakdown of current groundwater usage by data centers

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