Debora Klaine sat down with Donald Gainsborough, a political savant and leader in policy and legislation at the helm of Government Curated. He has worked at the intersection of ballot design, utility planning, and community benefit agreements long enough to know how local narratives, regulatory
Why Virginia’s Data Center Surge Demands a Playbook—and What This Guide Covers Bulldozers have moved across farms and forest edges while application queues ballooned and court dockets filled, as data centers multiplied so quickly that utility plans, zoning codes, and public trust strained under the
As a seasoned political strategist and the driving force behind Government Curated, Donald Gainsborough has spent decades at the intersection of complex legislation and public interest. His expertise is particularly vital now, as states like Colorado grapple with the aggressive expansion of data
Behind the glass and steel of modern industrial complexes, a silent but voracious digital revolution is consuming vast amounts of electricity that now rival the total power output of entire metropolitan regions. The meteoric rise of generative artificial intelligence has moved beyond the realm of
The hum of cooling fans inside Northern Virginia’s massive data processing hubs represents a global digital heartbeat, yet for the residents living in their shadow, that sound echoes the rising cost of keeping the lights on at home. Every time a new data center breaks ground in this region, a
Deep within the silent corridors of Maine’s shuttered industrial giants, where the scent of sawdust has long faded, a new and invisible force is attempting to take root. While much of the United States remains locked in a frantic sprint to construct the massive server farms necessary to fuel the
