>Loudoun County’s government has been so accommodating because data centers deliver enormous financial benefits to locals. As supervisor Kristen Umstattd told me, the facilities “bring $1 billion a year into Loudoun County,” and the total continues to rise. In the fiscal year 2027 budget, data centers are expected to generate $417 million in real property taxes (on the buildings themselves) and another $879 million in personal property taxes (on the servers and equipment inside them), for nearly $1.3 billion in total.
>The data centers will thus provide 45 percent of the nearly $2.9 billion in county tax revenue. For perspective, that means that the money they generate exceeds what Loudoun spends on every county function outside the school system. In effect, local police, courts, jails, fire and rescue, libraries, parks, animal control, and social services are funded without burdening residents.
>Nor are these services bare-bones. Supervisor Umstattd notes that data-center revenue has allowed the county to raise staff wages, purchase body cameras for law enforcement, and expand parkland and other public projects. The roads are wide and well paved; the schools are gorgeous.
despite what big succ tells you, data centers are good and benefit local governments
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>Loudoun County’s government has been so accommodating because data centers deliver enormous financial benefits to locals. As supervisor Kristen Umstattd told me, the facilities “bring $1 billion a year into Loudoun County,” and the total continues to rise. In the fiscal year 2027 budget, data centers are expected to generate $417 million in real property taxes (on the buildings themselves) and another $879 million in personal property taxes (on the servers and equipment inside them), for nearly $1.3 billion in total.
>The data centers will thus provide 45 percent of the nearly $2.9 billion in county tax revenue. For perspective, that means that the money they generate exceeds what Loudoun spends on every county function outside the school system. In effect, local police, courts, jails, fire and rescue, libraries, parks, animal control, and social services are funded without burdening residents.
>Nor are these services bare-bones. Supervisor Umstattd notes that data-center revenue has allowed the county to raise staff wages, purchase body cameras for law enforcement, and expand parkland and other public projects. The roads are wide and well paved; the schools are gorgeous.
despite what big succ tells you, data centers are good and benefit local governments