Data centers could bring lots of revenue for local governments

Posted 1 February 2025 at 12:49 pm

Editor:

Ms. Jones, in her letter of 29 January, asks good questions about the impact of the data centers at the STAMP site.

One important item I did not see in her letter was the amount of money the data centers would generate in taxes very year. In Loudoun County Va., where I live, our data centers provide millions in taxes each year.

I am not, repeat not, suggesting Orleans County open itself up to a large number of these data centers, only that any arrangement between local government and the data centers, even for only two data centers, must include a contract that details how much taxes they will pay each year.

That would be a reasonable question to ask at the Feb. 3 meetings.

Jack Capurso

Albion High School Class of 1960

Ashburn, Va.