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Kelley R. Taylor

Virginia Approves First-of-Its-Kind Data Center Power Consumption Tax

The Virginia capitol building in Richmond, Virginia, USA.

Virginia has approved what appears to be the nation’s first tax on data center electricity use.

A legislative deal, which ends months of budget negotiations, imposes a new charge on the power used by data centers in the Commonwealth as of July 1.

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