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VEDP’s September 5, 2025 Newport News data-center presentation

Seventeen-slide presentation to the Newport News EDA and IDA, Data Centers — An Expanding Opportunity for Virginia. Page 15 recommends utility partnerships, faster permitting, senior local-government permit advocates and tax competitiveness. These are VEDP…

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Seventeen-slide presentation to the Newport News EDA and IDA, Data Centers — An Expanding Opportunity for Virginia. Page 15 recommends utility partnerships, faster permitting, senior local-government permit advocates and tax competitiveness. These are VEDP recommendations, not proof Newport News adopted them or Dominion requested them. Statewide economic and pipeline figures remain the presenter’s claims.

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Virginia state agencies
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September 5, 2025
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Virginia Economic Development Partnership
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Virginia state agencies
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Reviewed October 26, 2026. Individual GovQA G012027-100925 attachment Data_Centers_Presentation_NewportNews_DataCenter_9-4-25.pdf, all 17 pages unchanged. Cover dates the presentation September 5 despite the filename. Physical page 12 retains CONFIDENTIAL DRAFT - NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION; this is a City publicly released copy and the label is preserved. Pages 13 and 15 contain site-selection and permitting recommendations. Presenter and occasion also appear in approved meeting minutes.

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