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Abigail Spanberger: “Localities get 50% of their local revenue from data center…”

Featuring: Abigail Spanberger, Democratic | Governor of Virginia

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Virginia Gov. Spanberger on AI data centers, energy and affordability

Published | Video Starts at 11:11

No, because there's some Democrats who think that should be the case right now. There's Democrats calling for moratoriums. And so the challenge in Virginia is what do we tell the Localities get 50% of their local revenue from data center sales and use tax and property tax. Right. We have entire communities where the school, the libraries, the fire station, I mean, is principally being funded because of the types of investments that are coming to that community. (11:11–11:22)

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Asserts that some localities in Virginia receive half of their revenue from data center-related taxes.

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