Taxes from data center electricity helps lower health insurance rates for 200,000 Virginians. There may be a catch to this revenue stream, though.
Virginia is using tax revenue from data center electricity to lower health insurance rates for 200,000 residents. Critics warn this creates a financial incentive for the state to prioritize the construction of more data centers.
Democrats celebrated the connection between these two events. However, this could create a scenario where Virginia has a stake in seeing more data centers built.
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