With a budget compromise on data centers, it’s all over but the teeth-gnashing

By: Ivy Main

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: July 13, 2026

Words: 1,190

Last Updated: 2 days, 23 hours ago

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At last, there’s peace in the valley: after weeks of battle, the Democratic governor of Virginia and Democratic House and Senate leaders in Virginia’s General Assembly finally agreed on a budget.

Getting to that point required them to reach a compromise on the treatment of data centers that retained the industry’s sales tax exemption while imposing a new energy tax. In lieu of clean energy requirements, legislators adopted a couple of softball …

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