Spanberger’s data center position is the test of her affordability message

By: Tommy Turner

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: May 5, 2026

Words: 1,056

Last Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago

On April 27, while Gov. Abigail Spanberger was in Roanoke signing twelve bipartisan workforce bills at her hundred-day mark, a group of Botetourt County residents drove over to confront her about the data center sales tax exemption.

Here’s what House lawmakers want to require of data centers to keep their sales tax break

The recently approved Google data center campus in Greenfield Industrial Park has become a flashpoint in their …

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