New House budget strips environmental standards for data centers, creates commission instead

By: Shannon Heckt

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: June 12, 2026

Words: 694

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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Speaker of the House of Delegates Don Scott, flanked by Appropriations Chair Del. Luke Torian, D-Prince William, and other bipartisan house members, unveiled the chamber’s latest budget proposal in Richmond on Friday, which they framed as a “compromise package” that they urged the state Senate to accept.

The updated spending plan no longer includes environmental standards data centers would need to meet in order to be exempted from the state’s sales and use …

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