BLACKSBURG, Va., May 13 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:

There is probably no single topic as fast-moving, complex, and significant at Virginia in 2026 as data centers. With the landscape evolving quickly and massive new challenges popping up seemingly every day, it was the perfect time to convene leaders and researchers from across the far-ranging ecosystem to collaborate at the Data Center Summit, which brought together more than 150 organizations on May 5 at Virginia Tech's academic building in Alexandria.

In many ways, the university is optimally positioned - both physically and programmatically - to be the center for such convenings. In addition to having researchers driving ef...