WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Eugene Vindman (Va.-07) joined Representatives Kristen McDonald Rivet (Mich.-08) and Don Davis (N.C.-01) as an original co-sponsor of the Reverse Big Ugly Tax Breaks for Data Centers Act. This legislation will take away unfair tax breaks for data center build outs passed by Republicans in H.R. 1.
“It is past time we make data centers pay their fair share,” said Vindman. “Across Virginia, families and businesses are being forced to foot the bill for massive infrastructure investments needed to power large data centers. Everywhere I go, I hear from families who cannot afford their rising monthly utility bills and Republican-led data center tax breaks aren’t going to bring those monthly costs down. I’m proud to support this commonsense legislation that will make data centers pay their fair share.”
Last year, Republicans’ H.R. 1 expanded tax breaks that would spur the construction of AI data centers, paid for by cutting nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid and over $185 billion from food assistance. This legislation aims to reverse some of the harm by ending these tax breaks for big tech building data centers.
BACKGROUND
Vindman has been a champion for holding data centers and electric utilities accountable.
In August, he introduced legislation to prevent data center development near neighborhoods, schools, and parks.
Vindman has also come out in strong opposition of the proposed merger between NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy.
Prior to those actions, Congressman Vindman introduced a bill to cap the number of residential utility rate changes to one rate change annually, limiting how often utilities can change prices for everyday Virginians.
He has also fought against corruption in the energy space by championing a measure that would bar former government officials from lobbying on behalf of the companies they used to regulate.
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