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House rejects amendment to require private funding for data-center impact study
Summary
Delegates debated whether a legislatively-mandated study of data-center impacts should be contingent on private industry funding. An amendment making the study contingent on industry payment was defeated after members raised concerns about bias, constitutional authority and the study—s fiscal note.
House members considered a proposal to make the state—s planned data-center impact analysis contingent on funding from private industry. The study, referenced in the floor language as having an estimated fiscal note of more than $500,000, would examine energy, water and other impacts from data centers.
A delegate who offered the amendment said taxpayers should not shoulder planning costs for private industry…
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