“Why are we giving double tax incentives?” Rock Hill Supervisor Crystal Vanuch asked Tuesday, the Fredericksburg Free Press reports.
More than 10 data centers are already proposed. The board comes back to it Oct. 27, when it will also talk about ending the practice of letting a data center on heavy-industry land without a board vote, and about dropping the nondisclosure agreements.
Vanuch said the county is “incentivizing something that’s already coming here.” Falmouth Supervisor Kecia Evans answered, “We still can say no.” Garrisonville Supervisor Pamela Yeung said if the board looks at data-center breaks, it should look at every business break. Vice Chair Maya Guy said she would not vote to take data centers off the incentive list. Chairman Deuntay Diggs said the county’s rules have already driven some developers off.
