Right now, big tech companies are requesting jaw-dropping amounts of electricity in Virginia. While many of these data centers are supporting useful technology, we can’t build new methane gas plants – or keep old, polluting coal plants online – to meet that demand if we want to transition to a zero-pollution electricity mix.

It’s simple: massive companies, which get huge tax breaks from the state, should be required to meet their electricity demands efficiently and with clean energy in order to qualify for those benefits. These companies have the cash and, sometimes, the intention of operating sustainably – we just need to make sure they make good on their green promises. State lawmakers must hold Big Tech accountable. 

Sign the petition today: no Big Tech tax breaks for pollution!

We, the undersigned, are concerned about the effect that large tech companies are having on our clean energy transition. Data centers drive up demand for electricity, and monopoly utilities are building expensive, polluting power plants to meet that demand. But those costs are being passed on to Virginians through higher monthly bills while the biggest corporations in the world profit.

That's why 92% of Virginians agree that state lawmakers need to do more to control the impacts of data centers.

Please take action now. Please pass HB 155, HB 897, and HB 658.

Sincerely,