Clean Virginia

06/22/2026

Virginia lawmakers reached a budget agreement this weekend, preventing a government shutdown and setting spending priorities for the next two years.

✅ The good news: Senate leaders secured $1.2 billion in new revenue gains.

❌ The bad news: Big Tech gets to keep its billion-dollar data center tax break.

Our statement on the 2026-28 budget conference report:

Clean Virginia Applauds New Revenue Gains but Warns that Lawmakers Missed a Major Opportunity to Deliver on Data Center Fair Share

06/16/2026

🚨 ACTION ALERT! The debate over whether Virginia should continue giving Big Tech data centers $2 billion in tax breaks every year has become one of the biggest obstacles to passing the state budget.

⏰ Time is running out. Lawmakers have two choices: keep subsidizing one of the world’s wealthiest industries or put those dollars back to work for Virginia families. If they don’t reach an agreement by June 30th, Virginia faces a government shutdown.

➡️ Swipe through to learn what’s at stake, then go to WWW.TAXBIGTECH.ORG to contact your representatives and urge them to end Big Tech's $2B tax break and make data centers pay their fair share! 📢

06/14/2026

What began as a targeted economic development incentive has grown into a MASSIVE annual tax break for some of the world’s wealthiest tech companies. Meanwhile, Virginians are left to shoulder the costs of rapid data center growth.

The Virginia Senate is pushing for reform. Join the leaders fighting to end the data center tax exemption starting TODAY, 6/14 at 3 PM in Hampton Roads, Monday, 6/15 at 6 PM in Richmond, or Tuesday, 6/16 at 6 PM in NOVA. (More details about each event in the comments.)

If you agree these companies should pay their fair share, now is the time to make your voice heard.

06/12/2026

“With 67% of Virginians supporting an end to special tax breaks for Big Tech data centers, the House conference budget is badly out of step with the public."

Rather than advance reform, the budget fails to act on largest tax giveaways in Virginia’s rapidly expanding data center tax exemption.

06/11/2026

More than half of Virginia voters oppose special tax breaks for data centers, according to a recent poll by the Washington Post Schar School. “Virginia families and small businesses are paying their taxes, and multinational data center operators should do the same.”

05/20/2026

So NextEra and Dominion Energy wanna make a deal? 💰⚡The proposed acquisition raises serious questions about customer costs, corporate influence, and accountability. Find out why the merger demands rigorous scrutiny and strong protections before this deal moves forward.

05/18/2026

NextEra’s troubling record in Florida calls for extreme caution as it moves to acquire Dominion Energy. Virginians deserve clear answers on affordability, political influence, and whether this deal serves the public interest.

The proposed merger demands rigorous scrutiny and clear answers on affordability, political influence, and the public interest.

04/29/2026

Virginia hands Big Tech almost $2 billion in tax breaks every year. Democrats won on making data centers pay their fair share, so why did they leave Richmond delivering nothing? Lawmakers return in one month. Tell Virginia's elected leaders end Data Center tax breaks! cleanvirginia.org/act/tax-big-tech/

03/31/2026

Senator Roem, in a floor speech supporting the Senate's effort to end the billion-dollar data center tax break, explains how transmission lines are being built through neighborhoods and green spaces to benefit multi-trillion dollar companies at the expense of everyday Virginians. The Senate's position is simple: if you want to operate here, play by the same rules as everyone else. Tell our elected leaders to end Big Tech tax breaks! https://www.cleanvirginia.org/act/tax-big-tech/

03/30/2026

Senator Roem, in a floor speech supporting the Senate's effort to end the billion-dollar data center tax break, explains how a data center in Haymarket led to a transmission line where 97% of the electricity went to the data center, but her constituents were left footing the bill. Tell our elected leaders to end Big Tech tax breaks! https://www.cleanvirginia.org/act/tax-big-tech/