Va. Assembly Remains Divided on How to Manage Data Center Growth

Data centers still rushing in to Virginia but pace slows

Data centers and developers are now seeking to draw an additional 54,900 megawatts of electricity from Dominion’s system: enough to power 13,725,000 homes.

Virginia lawmakers still divided on how to manage data center growth

Virginia still cannot find a compromise on how to place guardrails on data centers without punishing the industry that's made the state so much money.

Data Center Divide: Virginia communities grapple with costs of data center development

Virginia is home to more data centers than anywhere else in the United States, according to Statisa.While these massive campuses are powering the future from ar

Va. assembly remains divided on how to manage data center growth

The policy battle over how Virginia taxes the data center industry continues to divide the General Assembly, as the leaders of the assembly's budget committees made clear at the end of a meeting of a joint subcommittee charged with recommending a path forward in the next legislative session.

Tensions between House and Sen. Lucas flare at meeting on data center tax break

“Everybody is realizing this is a Trojan horse and maybe not the gift horse we thought it was,” Delegate Vivian Watts said. “We have leverage we never had before.”

Virginia Assembly Remains Divided on Data Center Growth Issue

How Virginia taxes the data center industry continues to divide the General Assembly, as was made clear by the end of a meeting of a joint subcommittee charged with recommending a path forward.