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The Loudoun Model: What America’s Most Experienced Data-Center Community Can Teach Us

The Loudoun Model: What America’s Most Experienced Data-Center Community Can Teach Us

Loudoun County became the center of the digital world almost by accident. What happened next offers a lesson not in how to copy its success, but in how communities can learn from growth, adapt their rules, and govern an industry that changes faster than the policies surrounding it. Most communities

The Data-Center Divide: The Cloud Has a Physical Address

The Data-Center Divide: The Cloud Has a Physical Address

Before we judge data centers, we should understand what they are, what they do, and why artificial intelligence is changing the infrastructure behind our digital lives. Most of us can go an entire day without thinking about a data center. We check email, stream music, open a banking app, search

Festus Should Fix the Process — Not Forfeit a Generational Opportunity

Festus Should Fix the Process — Not Forfeit a Generational Opportunity

A $6 billion data center has exposed serious transparency failures. But Festus should correct the process, secure real protections, and think carefully before surrendering a rare opportunity. A $6 billion data center has ignited a firestorm in a small Jefferson County city. The process was flawed. The outrage is understandable.

The China Chip Conundrum: How U.S. Restrictions Accelerated the AI Power Shift They Were Meant to Stop

The China Chip Conundrum: How U.S. Restrictions Accelerated the AI Power Shift They Were Meant to Stop

"Chip Gambit" questioned US export controls, "China Chip Conundrum" reveals the uncomfortable truth: Selling chips boosts China's AI; restricting them spurs their independence. No easy answers, only tradeoffs.

The Chip Gambit: How America's Attempt to Slow China May Have Accelerated It

The Chip Gambit: How America's Attempt to Slow China May Have Accelerated It

A look at the unintended consequences of U.S. semiconductor export controls—and what we may have cost ourselves in the process.