Virginia bans data center NDAs under new framework

Governor Abigail Spanberger signed an executive order creating the Data Center Accountability Framework, banning NDAs for data center projects, expediting noise rules, reviewing diesel backup generators and forming an AI task force.

• Order bans NDAs for data center projects in Virginia
• Review planned for impact of diesel backup generators
• AI task force to cover jobs, privacy and cybersecurity
• Northern Virginia is the world's largest data center market