Virginia House Budget Retains $1.9 Billion Data Center Tax Break, Removes Clean Energy Requirements
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The Virginia House of Delegates' budget proposal maintains a $1.9 billion annual tax exemption for data centers (benefiting major tech corporations) while stripping out provisions that would have required clean energy purchasing, energy efficiency standards, and phase-out of polluting diesel backup generators. Instead of accountability measures, the House proposes yet another study. The article criticizes Governor Spanberger and legislators for breaking campaign promises on energy affordability and making data centers pay their fair share, noting that other states are taking stronger regulatory action. It calls on Virginians to demand clean energy standards and an end to what it describes as taxpayer-funded handouts.
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bskyVirginia House Budget Retains $1.9 Billion Data Center Tax Break, Removes Clean Energy Requirementsactionnetwork.orgKey quotes
· 5 pulledWe don't need ANY MORE STUDIES.
Our legislators and Governor Spanberger, who has endorsed the House proposal, won the last election with promises of energy affordability and making data centers 'pay their fair share.'
Across the country, Blue and Red states alike are taking decisive action by passing stronger regulations, cancelling tax breaks, raising taxes, requiring more accountability, and holding the industry to clean energy standards.
Residents of Virginia, home to a quarter of the world's data centers, should hold our legislators' and Governor Spanberger's feet to the fire.
And, at the bare minimum, let's stop giving them billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded handouts for free.
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