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Abigail Spanberger: “Data centers pay local sales tax and local property tax.”

Featuring: Abigail Spanberger, Democratic | Governor of Virginia

Gov. Abigail Spanberger on the looming state budget deadline

Published June 17, 2026 | Video Starts at 03:06

It is the state's choice to forego collecting one particular type of tax, while those same Data centers pay local sales tax and local property tax. And so that equates to billions upon billions of dollars that flow to local communities. (03:06–03:11)

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Asserts that data centers pay local sales and property taxes.

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