Of more than two dozen data center bills filed in the 2025 session only one planning bill survived, and Gov. Youngkin’s proposed amendment would weaken it. Elena Schlossberg is quoted on ratepayers subsidizing the industry and promises that data centers will be an issue for everyone running in 2025: “In western Prince William, if you are not on the right side of the data center issue you will not get elected.”
Originally published 2025-03-31 at https://www.wvtf.org/news/2025-03-31/youngkin-data-center-amendment-likely-pushes-issue-into-2025-election. Summary written for this site from the original; full text at the source.