Audacious Nimby-Dominion Just Admitted the Grid Is Failing. PWC's Answer? 44 Million More Sq Ft of Data Centers
- S1E13
- 51:30
- July 2nd 2026
Dominion Energy came before the Prince William Board of County Supervisors with a warning: approve this substation or expect unpredictable blackouts. Read that again. The utility that serves one of the largest data center markets on Earth just admitted the grid cannot keep up with what PWC has already approved.
So what is the Board doing about it? On Tuesday, July 7th, they take up a new Comprehensive Plan Amendment for a data center project that doubles the Digital Gateway. Combined with what is already in the pipeline, that puts an additional 44 million square feet of data centers on a grid Dominion says is failing today.
In this episode of Audacious Nimby, we break down:
What Dominion actually told the Board about blackouts and brownouts, and why it matters for every ratepayer in Northern Virginia
The Vint Hill substation fight and the 5-2 deferral
Tuesday's hearing on the Dulles South project, nearly 1,930 acres, is almost triple the county's entire existing data center footprint
Who pays for the grid buildout (hint: it is not the data centers)
What you can do before Tuesday's hearing
If you live in Prince William County, Loudoun, Fauquier, or anywhere on the Dominion grid, this affects your power bill and your reliability. Watch, share, and show up July 7th.
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