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After Delays, Supervisors Approve 2 Substations
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Fusion42 · 9 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Loudoun County supervisors approved two substations after delays—one critical for regional grid stability and another for a Sterling data center—amid growing debate over infrastructure design standards and data center expansion impacts.
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Founders scaling compute-heavy operations in Loudoun face tightening substation approval processes and new design regulations; grid capacity constraints and permitting delays are becoming material cost/timeline risks for data center and infrastructure-dependent startups.
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