Data centers as municipal growth engines

A single region can become fiscally prosperous by hosting concentrated data‑center capacity: Loudoun County’s 200 facilities generate a large share of local tax revenue and fund roads and schools while keeping homeowner rates low. That model creates political pressure to welcome heavy industry with large land, power, and water footprints even where opposition grows. — If replicated, the model reframes debates about industrial siting, local taxation, and tradeoffs between high‑value infrastructure and community environmental or land‑use concerns.