Chances are these are names you know well. But what you may not know is that companies like these own large data centers across the U.S., including Northern Virginia.

Data centers, used for storage, backups and communications, use a lot of power for both powering their equipment and for keeping their facilities cool.


The hybrid route, in which the transmission line is buried north of Interstate 66 but is also above ground in certain areas, is the only proposal put forth by the utility company that is acceptable to both the Haymarket Town Council and Board of County Supervisors. [Read more]


Prince William County Public School students beat the pass rates of counterparts statewide on the latest Standards of Learninga ssessments in almost all subject areas, and across most demographic groups, according to initial results released today by the Virginia Department of Education. [Read more]


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