Virginia’s Spanberger Signs Into Law the First-in-Nation Data-Center Power Tax
Virginia enacted the country’s first per-kilowatt-hour data-center consumption tax — $0.011/kWh on all electricity, utility-supplied or behind-the-meter. Georgia, Texas, and Arizona are watching; North Carolina already moved.
Governor Spanberger Delivers $73.5 Billion Data Center Investment
Stack Infrastructure’s $73.5B commitment to the Southern Virginia Megasite at Berry Hill — the largest private capital commitment ever made to a Virginia rural megasite — closed on twenty years of site readiness, not on a state incentive package.
Data Centers Lead Virginia’s Economic Growth
Virginia hit record output in 2024 while losing jobs in 9 of 11 supersectors. The economy is growing without the labor force growing — and Henrico County has shown what to do with the data-center revenue.
Data Centers Are a National Security Priority, but the Department of Homeland Security Ignores Them
Despite their essential role in storing and delivering digital services across sectors, data centers are not explicitly designated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as critical infrastructure. Instead, they are broadly grouped under the Information Technology (IT) and Communications sectors². The Department of Homeland Security’s failure to explicitly classify data centers as critical infrastructure is a blind spot with enormous national-security and economic consequences.
