Loudoun County's 20-year data center history previews America's AI infrastructure future
suchenzang · x · 2026-09-03
The Verge revisits Loudoun County, Virginia, which once carried an estimated 70% of global internet traffic. After the 2007 housing bust, economic development official Buddy Rizer leveraged dot-com-era fiber and empty buildings to transform a county dependent on residential taxes (80% of revenue) into one where commercial sources now provide over half. The piece asks whether America's sweeping AI data center buildout will mirror this past.
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