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Virginia data centers consume too much water, and things will only get worse with AI

TechSpot

The Commonwealth of Virginia, particularly Northern Virginia, hosts the largest data center market in the world. The state is home to around 300 facilities, according to recent data, and these centers require vast amounts of electricity and water to keep global internet services running. Water usage, in particular, is becoming.

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Watch Google’s Wing drones make deliveries to folks in Virginia

Digital Trends

A trial drone delivery service operated by Google's Wing unit is celebrating a year of operations in Christiansburg, Virginia.

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West Virginia VOAD Receives the Governor’s Service Award

VisionLink

VisionLink would like to congratulate the Member Agencies of the West Virginia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) on receiving the Governor’s Service Award. The award honors WV VOAD’s dedication to service and acknowledges their commitment to volunteerism throughout West Virginia.

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Apple and Google’s COVID-19 tracking system will make its full US debut in new Virginia app

The Verge

This week, Virginia plans to release a COVID-19 exposure notification app based on the specifications published by Apple and Google in April. No location data or personal information is ever collected, stored or transmitted to VDH as part of the app,” a health department official told Virginia Public Media , which first reported the news.

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TD Bank is closing dozens of branches across 10 states: Here’s the full list of doomed locations

Fast Company Tech

The move will impact communities in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast, with affected branches spanning Connecticut, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

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The NonProfit Voice Ep 62: The Impact of Wealth Screening as a Prospecting Tool

NonProfit PRO

In this episode of The NonProfit Voice Tech Series, Mark Becker is joined by Shana Bradley, coordinator of prospect development at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and Ryan Woroniecki, an adviser at DonorSearch, to discover how to approach wealth screenings, as well as the impact they can have on a nonprofit organization.

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Housing market shift: Where home prices are starting to fall

Fast Company Tech

Cumberland, Marylandd-West Virginia: +11.4% Among the 384 metro-area housing markets that the Freddie Mac House Price Index tracks dating back to 1975, these are the 10 metros that saw the biggest year-over-year home price increase in 2024: Kingston, New York: +13.5% Springfield, Ohio: +11.8% Glens Falls, New York: +11.7% Ocala, Florida: -1.9%