Trump’s War On Offshore Wind Faces Another Lawsuit
Trump’s offshore wind pause faces lawsuit as AI-driven electricity demand surges in Virginia’s data center hub.
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Trump’s War On Offshore Wind Faces Another Lawsuit
Trump’s Offshore Wind Ban Sparks Legal Clash Over AI Power Needs In a high-stakes legal showdown just days before the new year, Dominion Energy has sued the Trump administration over its sudden halt to offshore wind development—citing America’s exploding demand for electricity, much of it fueled by artificial intelligence data centers. The lawsuit, filed December 24, 2025, challenges a federal stop-work order that froze five major wind projects, including Dominion’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW), the nation’s largest offshore wind farm under construction. With Virginia’s power grid straining under the weight of rapid AI infrastructure growth, the case pits clean energy expansion against executive authority—and could shape the future of U.S. climate and tech policy. Credit: Google AI Boom Meets Energy Crunch in “Data Center Alley” Virginia’s “Data Center Alley,” a corridor near Northern Virginia housing the world’s densest cluster of server farms, now consumes more electricity than…