articleThe Brief Virginia regulators ordered data centers to cover transmission infrastructure costs tied exclusively to their facilities. Data centers will have to pay for transmission infrastructure built exclusively to serve their facilities under a new order from Virginia’s State Corporation Commission. What the SCC orderedThe order assigns the cost of certain new transmission projects directly to data centers and other large-load customers whose developments require the infrastructure. "I’m glad the SCC agreed with the Governor and much of the General Assembly and required data centers to pay for their own transmission," VanValkenburg said. Other data center measuresSpanberger’s office said the governor has also signed legislation addressing data center energy consumption, environmental requirements for backup generators and the authority of local governments to evaluate proposed projects.