{"id":211773,"date":"2026-05-10T10:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/hampton-roads-taking-steps-to-prepare-for-data-centers-the-virginian-pilot\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T01:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T05:40:17","slug":"hampton-roads-taking-steps-to-prepare-for-data-centers-the-virginian-pilot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/hampton-roads-taking-steps-to-prepare-for-data-centers-the-virginian-pilot\/","title":{"rendered":"Hampton Roads taking steps to prepare for data centers \u2013 The Virginian-Pilot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilotonline.com\/2026\/05\/10\/hampton-roads-taking-steps-to-prepare-for-data-centers\/\">Hampton Roads taking steps to prepare for data centers \u2013 The Virginian-Pilot<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilotonline.com\/2026\/05\/10\/hampton-roads-taking-steps-to-prepare-for-data-centers\/\">https:\/\/www.pilotonline.com\/2026\/05\/10\/hampton-roads-taking-steps-to-prepare-for-data-centers\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-10 10:54:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.pilotonline.com\">www.pilotonline.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>City and county leaders in Hampton Roads are considering updates to their zoning laws in anticipation of potential data center developments.<\/li>\n<li>Portsmouth and Hampton city managers suggested amendments to protect their localities while facilitating necessary developments.<\/li>\n<li>The regional demand for data centers is rising due to the expansion of the artificial intelligence industry and the increased need for cloud computing and data storage.<\/li>\n<li>Some localities are cautious due to land use and limited job creation, while others with more land are more open to housing these facilities.<\/li>\n<li>There is a balance leaders must strike between accommodating data center development and considering environmental and community impacts.<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s a growing acknowledgment among leaders of the importance of working collectively and understanding neighbors&#8217; stances on data centers.<\/li>\n<li>Discussions emphasize balancing what&#8217;s best for each community with what&#8217;s beneficial for the entire region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hampton Roads taking steps to prepare for data centers \u2013 The Virginian-Pilot https:\/\/www.pilotonline.com\/2026\/05\/10\/hampton-roads-taking-steps-to-prepare-for-data-centers\/ Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":211774,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.pilotonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Data_Centers_Tax_Breaks_13441.jpg?w=1024&h=682","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-211773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211773"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211775,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211773\/revisions\/211775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}