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Loudoun directs staff to study a data center application pause

A board process motion asks county staff to return in September with a potential pause item and legal analysis; no pause has been enacted.

Algonkian District Supervisor Juli E. Briskman introduced a successful motion at the Board of Supervisors' July 22, 2026 business meeting directing county staff to return at the September 15 meeting with an item that could establish a pause on data-center applications, site plans, and substation applications, plus County Attorney legal analysis. The county's July 23 release describes that staff direction; it does not enact a pause.