{
  "id": 8285188,
  "title": "Virginia governor creates an AI task force and moves to restrain data centers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/virginia-governor-creates-an-ai-task-force-and-moves-to-restrain-data",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-18T18:29:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/policy/997573/virginia-governor-spanberger-data-center-ai-task-force"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) ordered the state government to take steps that could empower local communities to have a larger say in data center development and slow down approvals in a state that is already home to the data center capital of the world. Executive Order 22 bans executive branch officials from signing non-disclosure […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signs an EO to slow down data center approvals, create an AI task force to evaluate workforce displacement, and more (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/virginia-gov-abigail-spanberger-signs-an-eo-to-slow-down-data-center",
        "published": "2026-09-18T18:55:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}