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Gavin Newsom: “25% of [Virginia's] electricity consumption is data centers.”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Published | Video Starts at 37:31

So you don't have the hyperscalers. You're seeing some other parts of the country. I was just with a legislative leader on a zoom call in Virginia yesterday. 25% of [Virginia's] electricity consumption is data centers. They just ran roughshod over that state. We haven't had that kind of investment with hyperscalers, but we have a number of projects that are obviously generating a lot of … (37:31–37:35)

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Asserts that data centers account for 25% of Virginia's electricity consumption.

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