Two Henrico County neighborhoods, one Black and middle-income organizing around environmental justice and one White and high-income organizing around property values, converged on the same demand and ended the county's by-right approval of data centers in June 2025. The case study traces the thirteen-month campaign and the 17 grandfathered buildings the new rules cannot reach.
Case Study: Henrico County — How Two Neighborhoods Forced Virginia’s Second-largest Data Center Jurisdiction to Change Course
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Tommy N. Turner
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July 8, 2026
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