Virginia debates tax breaks for data centers

News Clip1:36The Dogwood·VA·6/17/2026

Karen Sheehan expresses concerns regarding the impacts of data centers and opposes the substantial tax breaks offered to large tech companies in Virginia. She argues that these tax breaks save companies over a billion dollars annually, which she believes is unnecessary. The discussion highlights the debate around government incentives for data center development in the state.

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Karen Sheehan shares her fears about the impacts of data centers on her grandson, Gavin, and why she doesn’t think Virginia should give big tech companies a tax break that saves them over a billion dollars a year. Subscribe to our newsletter, Virginia Capital, for more state politics news. https://vadogwood.com/newsletter/