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Top Five: January 2026
1 | University board fight ends; Spanberger to fill 22 seats The legal battle between Gov. Glenn Youngkin and state Senate Democrats over university boards of visitors ended as both sides acknowledged the matter would be made moot by the new General Assembly session and change in gubernatorial administrations. (Dec. 9) 2 | SAIC shakes […]
Alphabet to buy clean energy developer Intersect in $4.75 billion deal amid AI push
Dec 22 (Reuters) – Alphabet said on Monday it would buy clean energy developer Intersect for $4.75 billion in cash, plus assumed debt, as tech giants spend billions to expand the computing and power capacity necessary for developing artificial intelligence. Big Tech has ramped up investments in energy firms as U.S. power grids struggle to […]
Google works to erode Nvidia’s software advantage with Meta’s help
Dec 17 (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google is working on a new initiative to make its artificial intelligence chips better at running PyTorch, the world’s most widely used AI software framework, in a move aimed at weakening Nvidia’s longstanding dominance of the AI computing market, according to people familiar with the matter. The effort is part […]
EU probes Google over possible AI antitrust violations
LONDON (AP) — Google faces fresh antitrust scrutiny from European Union regulators, who opened an investigation Tuesday into the company’s use of online content for its artificial intelligence models and services. The flurry of regulatory flexing by Brussels that has targeted Big Tech risks antagonizing President Donald Trump’s administration, though EU officials denied they we[...]
100 people to meet in 2026: Contractors
Federal funding is the fuel that primes Virginia’s economic engine, and these government contracting executives are the drivers directing major projects for civilian, defense and intelligence agencies.
New documents reveal scope of Google’s Chesterfield data center campus
Google plans to build an 855,846-square-foot data center campus on a roughly 307-acre property in Chesterfield County.
Google faces antitrust déjà vu as US seeks to break up its digital advertising business
The DOJ seeks to break up Google’s ad business in a new trial, arguing the company abused its monopoly in digital advertising.
Chesterfield approves fusion power plant permit
Commonwealth Fusion Systems received the Chesterfield zoning permit needed for what could be the world’s first grid-scale commercial fusion power plant.
Google hit with $3.5 billion fine from European Union in ad-tech antitrust case
EU slaps Google with $3.5B ad services fine; company calls ruling unfair.
Nuclear fusion company raises $863M, much bound for Chesterfield
Massachusetts-based fusion energy company Commonwealth Fusion Systems announced that it raised $863 million in a Series B2 fundraising round.
Virginia eyes nuclear to power booming data centers
Data centers devouring nearly a quarter of Virginia’s electricity, leaders push nuclear power, from SMRs to fusion, to meet rising demand.
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: DAHUT, KAREN
Dahut became CEO of Google Public Sector, a subsidiary focused on government and educational contracting, in 2022. Before joining Google, Dahut led Booz Allen Hamilton’s $4 billion global defense business. Dahut served in the U.S. Navy for six years, including at the Navy Medical Research Institute in Maryland. As a civilian, she worked at the […]
