A $1.06 billion transmission project serving Virginia's data centers is billed to an entire utility zone with no reference to geography, while the tax benefits of hosting stay with the local county, per this SSRN paper by Tommy N. Turner. Turner traces a Louisa County zoning overlay that let a 420-megawatt data center campus skip the permits required under Virginia's newest siting law.
Concentrated Benefit, Dispersed Burden: Who Carries Virginia’s Data Center Transmission, and What the Cost-Allocation Record Does Not Trace
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Tommy N. Turner
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August 12, 2026
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