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Chesterfield neighbors get chance to question Google about planned data centers
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Fusion42 · 13 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Google is planning three data center campuses totalling 1,500+ acres in Chesterfield County, Virginia; residents will question company representatives at open-house meetings this week about infrastructure impacts including water usage, electricity grid demand, noise, and job creation.
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If you supply power, water treatment, or cooling systems to data centres, Virginia just became your highest-leverage market—Google alone is consuming enough grid and water capacity to force entire county infrastructure upgrades, and residents are organizing to kill permits. The regulatory risk is now real enough that utilities and equipment suppliers should already be mapping what Google will need to buy.
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