Virginia
Data centers are booming. So are fights with local towns.
For local governments, attracting data centers to their municipalities means a financial boon: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said in 2024 that Virginia's current data centers brought in $1 billion in tax revenue.
By Dan Merica and Jesse Bedayn | Associated Press
ALEXANDRIA, VA. — The sprawling, windowless warehouses that hold rows of high-speed servers powering almost everything the world does on phones and computers are increasingly becoming fixtures of the ... [6897 chars]