Why Virginia lawmakers are fighting over data centers

“Governor, read the damn room,” Virginia state Senate President Pro Tempore Louise Lucas (D-VA) told Gov.

Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) this week.

The unusually public rebuke underscores a growing democratic divide over one of Virginia’s most controversial industries: data centers.

What began as a debate over tax incentives for the artificial intelligence powering facilities has evolved […] ...