@heyshrutimishra: Loudoun cut its property tax rate ten years straight. Data centers fund 38% of the county general fund. Strip them out …
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Loudoun County's data centers fund 38% of the general fund, enabling property tax cuts, but residents face higher power bills from Dominion's rate increase, leading to a debate on which cost is more impactful.
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Loudoun cut its property tax rate ten years straight.
Data centers fund 38% of the county general fund. Strip them out and an NVTC-commissioned study puts the homeowner rate at nearly double, roughly $5,800 more a year on a median home.
The bill residents feel instead is the power one. Dominion’s 2026 increase added about $11 a month, and a dedicated data center rate class doesn’t kick in until 2027.
So the tax cut is real and the higher power bill is real, and they come from two different places. Which one you feel more decides which side of this debate you land on.
Innovation Council (@innovationcncl): 🚨WATCH: Loudoun County resident defends the data centers powering his community:
“Data centers are about economic opportunity—American jobs, American innovation, American investment and, ultimately, national security.”
“They have been so good for Loudoun County.”
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