DATA CENTERS WORK

Sources

Advocacy is only as good as its footnotes. Every figure on this page traces to the government report, county record, federal regulation, or named study below, compiled in July 2026. Where a study was commissioned by industry, we say so.

  1. 1.Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy (2024). 2024 United States Data Center Energy Usage Report (LBNL-2001637)
  2. 2.PwC, commissioned by the Data Center Coalition (2026). Economic Contributions of U.S. Data Centers, 2023–2024
  3. 3.U.S. Chamber of Commerce Technology Engagement Center (2017). Data Centers: Jobs and Opportunities in Communities Nationwide
  4. 4.American Bankers Association / Morning Consult (2025). National Survey: Bank Customer Channel Preferences
  5. 5.National Emergency Number Association (2025). 9-1-1 Statistics
  6. 6.HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (2024). National Trends in Hospital and Physician Adoption of Electronic Health Records
  7. 7.Nielsen, The Gauge (2025). Streaming Eclipses Combined Broadcast and Cable Viewing for the First Time
  8. 8.U.S. Census Bureau (2026). Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales, Q1 2026
  9. 9.Synergy Research Group (2025). Hyperscale, Colocation and On-Premises Data Center Capacity Share
  10. 10.Watten, Bistline & Blanford (EPRI / Watershed) (2026). Have Data Centers Raised Your Electric Bill? Causal Evidence from the United States (working paper)
  11. 11.Georgia Public Service Commission (2025). Data Center Fact Sheet & 2025 Georgia Power IRP Proceedings
  12. 12.Data Center Frontier (2024). Dominion Plans for Long-Term Virginia Data Center Power Demand
  13. 13.Constellation Energy (2024). Crane Clean Energy Center: Three Mile Island Unit 1 Restart (20-Year Microsoft PPA)
  14. 14.Talen Energy (2025). Expanded Nuclear Energy Agreement with Amazon (Susquehanna, up to 1,920 MW)
  15. 15.Silicon Ranch (2022). Meta–Silicon Ranch Solar Partnership Across Georgia and Tennessee
  16. 16.U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (current). Regulations for Emergency Stationary Engines (RICE NESHAP & NSPS Subpart IIII)
  17. 17.U.S. Geological Survey (2018). Estimated Use of Water in the United States (Circular 1441)
  18. 18.Microsoft (2024). Sustainable by Design: Next-Generation Datacenters Consume Zero Water for Cooling
  19. 19.Vantage Data Centers (2026). Cooling Without the Drain: How Closed-Loop Systems Cut Day-to-Day Water Use
  20. 20.Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (2022). Water Use and Management Practices on U.S. Golf Courses
  21. 21.U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (current). Summary of the Clean Water Act & NPDES Permit Basics
  22. 22.Loudoun County, Virginia (current). Zoning Ordinance §5-1507 Noise Standards
  23. 23.National Institutes of Health (NIDCD) (current). Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: Common Sound Levels
  24. 24.Loudoun County, Virginia (2025). Data Centers: Official County FAQ
  25. 25.Prince William County, Virginia (2025). 2024 Data Center Industry Tax Revenue Report
  26. 26.Virginia Joint Legislative Audit & Review Commission (2024). Data Centers in Virginia (Report 598)
  27. 27.CBRE (2026). North America Data Center Trends, H2 2025: Atlanta Market
  28. 28.Meta (2025). Data Center Community Action Grants Program
  29. 29.Google (2026). Google Data Centers in Georgia: Community Investment
  30. 30.Microsoft (2025). TechSpark Community Engagement Program
  31. 31.Rutherford County (N.C.) Economic Development (2025). Meta & Isothermal Community College Data Center Institute
  32. 32.Google (2026). Data Center Workforce Development & Skilled Trades Initiative
  33. 33.Center for Strategic & International Studies (2025). The Electricity Supply Bottleneck on U.S. AI Dominance
  34. 34.Government of China (State Council / MIIT) (2023). National Computing Power Action Plan (300 EFLOPS Target by 2025)
  35. 35.Rystad Energy (2026). China's Data Center Capacity on Track to Nearly Double by 2030
  36. 36.The White House (2025). Winning the Race: America's AI Action Plan
  37. 37.Federal Register (2025). Executive Order 14318: Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure
  38. 38.U.S. Department of Energy (2025). DOE Site Selection for AI Data Center and Energy Infrastructure on Federal Land
  39. 39.OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle & MGX (2025). Announcing the Stargate Project ($500B Committed U.S. AI Infrastructure)
  40. 40.Microsoft (Brad Smith, Vice Chair & President) (2025). The Golden Opportunity for American AI (~$80B FY2025 Data Center Investment)
  41. 41.Defense Information Systems Agency (current). DOD Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (Impact Level 5)