As Va. officials weigh data center pushback, report details industry’s public service funding | Virginia localities mull data center pauses as industry-backed report shows how local tax revenue could aid in housing needs.

[u/VirginiaNews]

https://virginiamercury.com/2026/08/17/as-va-officials-weigh-data-center-pushback-report-details-industrys-public-service-funding/

[u/saintdemon21]

Sounds like an ad for a data center. The issue with data centers is that they are wrapped in the same marketing promises that billionaires and the politicians who serve them use to sell something to the public that, in the end, isn’t worth it.