Virginia Senate Budget Ditches Data Center Tax Break to Create More than $1B in Revenue

Virginia Senate budget ditches data center tax break to create more than $1B in revenue

Data center developers are warning Virginia that a proposal to end their tax breaks would mean the end of their investment in the data center capital of the world.

Virginia Data Center Tax Break Bill Pushes Clean Energy Shift

Virginia lawmakers tie data center tax breaks to cleaner power and efficiency as residents face rising grid and pollution risks. The post Virginia Data Center Tax Break Bill Pushes Clean Energy Shift appeared first on One Green Planet.

Call their bluff: It’s time for data centers to pay sales taxes like the rest of us

A complex of data centers in Ashburn, Virginia. (Photo by Gerville/Getty Images)Virginia Senate leaders did something remarkably courageous this week in writing a budget that ends the sales tax exemption for data centers. As Majority Leader Scott Surovell, D-Fairfax, pointed out, the exemption was projected to cost the state about $1.54 million when it was passed in 2008. In 2025, it cost Virginia $1.6 billion.   And that amount will escalate as…