The Washington Inquisitor
Data Centers
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Former CFTC adviser on White House detail registers to lobby for Innovation Council Action
Nicholas Elliot, a former acting legislative affairs director at the CFTC and aide to Sen. Bill Hagerty, will lobby on “super intelligence infrastructure and regulation” for the pro-AI group led by Taylor…
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Bipartisan House bill would revive Congress’s technology office
Reps. Takano, Casten, Foster, Beyer and Obernolte introduced a bill to create a Congressional Office of Technology, nearly three decades after the original OTA was defunded.
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Prince George’s council restores site plan review for data centers
CB-019-2026 passed 10-0 with one abstention, repealing a 2021 exemption; an amendment requiring council approval failed.
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Dominion Energy sues Prince William supervisors over rejected Vint Hill substation
The utility says the regional grid operator requires the roughly $300 million expansion and that supervisors exceeded their land-use authority when they unanimously denied it. The county does not comment on active…
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Fairfax supervisors to weigh data center accountability steps and a deed-fraud alert push
Vice Chair Kathy Smith asks the county executive to engage with the state on Gov. Spanberger’s data center accountability order and study community benefits plans. A second motion would promote a free…