2026-09-17T07:00:39-04:00 / 福克斯新闻频道
数据中心仅占用弗吉尼亚州某县3%的土地，却贡献了当地约45%的税收收入
作者：阿曼达·马西亚斯 福克斯新闻频道
发布于2026年9月17日美国东部时间早上7:00
专家称：弗吉尼亚州数据中心热潮为房主省下数千美元房产税
税收基金会高级研究员贾里德·瓦尔扎克详解数据中心如何改变劳登县的税基，在助力学校和基础设施建设的同时，降低了房主的房产税账单。
为支持人工智能（AI）热潮而进行的数十亿基建项目，已成为美国各地社区争议的焦点，但在全美数据中心之都的房主们却看到了令人惊喜的回报——获得了数千美元的房产税减免。
这些大型项目已成为2026年中期选举的议题之一，选民们担忧电力成本、水资源消耗、土地开发以及当地基础设施承受的压力。反对声音跨越党派界限，迫使候选人直面这个多年来各州和地方政府竞相争取的行业。
然而在华盛顿特区郊外，美国最富裕的飞地弗吉尼亚州劳登县，为我们展示了该行业经济利好的绝佳案例。
劳登县拥有被称为“数据中心 Alley”的广阔科技走廊，是全球数据中心集中度最高的地区。数十年的发展改变了该县的面貌，大幅拓展了其税基，展现了行业支持者所称的、能为当地社区带来的实实在在的经济收益。
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弗吉尼亚州长期以来一直是美国数据中心产业的中心，北弗吉尼亚州如今已是全球最大的数据中心市场，拥有全球约13%的运营算力。（安娜·莫尼梅克/盖蒂图片社）
“劳登县的数据中心数量比全美任何地方都多，几十年来一直是数据中心发展的资本。”税收基金会州项目副总裁贾里德·瓦尔扎克告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
“正因为如此，劳登县的房产税大约是没有数据中心发展时的一半。实际上，数据中心为劳登县贡献了约45%的地方税收收入，不仅是房产税，而是所有地方税收。”
瓦尔扎克表示，这一影响为个体房主带来了可观的节省。
“如果没有数据中心发展，普通房主每年要多缴纳5800美元的房产税，”他指出，数据中心仅占用该县约3%的土地。
但数据中心的快速扩张也引发了担忧：其巨大的电力需求可能让居民承担更高的电费，部分抵消这些节省下来的开支。
这座你从未听说过的小型农业城镇正帮助微软向美国推广数据中心
随着企业寻求更多空间、电力和基础设施来满足日益增长的密集计算需求，人工智能热潮正在加速全美各地的数据中心建设。（布兰登·贝尔/盖蒂图片社）
瓦尔扎克驳斥了这种担忧，称该行业对房主房产税的影响更为明确。
“房产税减免是真实的、可衡量的，且数额巨大，”他说，“能源成本问题在很大程度上已经得到解决。”
瓦尔扎克告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，需求增长可能需要公用事业公司建设新的发电和输电基础设施，而新增客户和电力使用量也能将电网的固定成本分摊到更大的用户基础上。
他说，关键问题是谁来为额外的基础设施买单。
“你需要为额外的发电和输电容量买单，而这笔费用由数据中心承担，”瓦尔扎克说，“之后你实际上会看到所有人的能源成本略有下降。”
人工智能的爆炸式增长推动了新一轮的数据中心建设浪潮，科技公司竞相建设支撑人工智能所需的大型计算基础设施。（米卡拉·康普顿/《奥斯汀美国政治家报》/盖蒂图片社）
他再次以北弗吉尼亚州为例，称该地区的经验反驳了“数据中心高度集中必然会推高居民电价”的担忧。
“看看数据中心发展最集中的地区，你会发现能源价格实际上比全国其他地区有所下降，”瓦尔扎克说，“以北弗吉尼亚州为例，它的能源价格更低。”
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Homeowners in the heart of America’s AI boom are getting an unexpected payoff
2026-09-17T07:00:39-04:00 / Fox News
Data centers provide about 45% of all local tax revenue while occupying only 3% of the Virginia county’s land
By Amanda Macias Fox News
Published September 17, 2026 7:00am EDT
Virginia’s data center boom saves homeowners thousands on property taxes, expert says
Tax Foundation senior fellow Jared Walczak explains how data centers transformed Loudoun County’s tax base, helping fund schools and infrastructure while keeping homeowners’ property tax bills lower.
Billions in build-outs of facilities to support the artificial intelligence (AI) boom have become a lightning rod in communities across America, but homeowners in the nation’s data center capital are seeing a surprising payoff — thousands of dollars in property tax relief.
The massive projects have emerged as an issue in the 2026 midterm elections, as voters raise concerns about electricity costs, water use, land development and the strain on local infrastructure. Opposition has crossed party lines, forcing candidates to confront an industry that state and local governments spent years courting.
Yet just outside Washington, D.C., the richest U.S. enclave of Loudoun County, Virginia, offers a striking case study of the industry’s economic upside.
Home to the sprawling tech corridor known as “Data Center Alley,” Loudoun has the highest concentration of data centers in the world. Decades of development have transformed the county’s landscape and dramatically expanded its tax base, offering a real-world look at the financial benefits proponents say the industry can bring to local communities.
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Virginia has long been at the center of America’s data center industry, with Northern Virginia now the largest data center market in the world and home to roughly 13% of global operational capacity.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“Loudoun County has more data centers than anywhere else in the country. It’s been sort of the capital of data center development for decades,” Jared Walczak, vice president of state projects at the Tax Foundation, told Fox News Digital.
“And because of that, Loudoun County property taxes are about half of what they would be without data centers. In fact, data centers provide about 45% of all local tax revenue to Loudoun County, not just property taxes, but all local tax revenue.”
Walczak said the impact translates into significant savings for individual homeowners.
“The average homeowner would pay $5,800 more a year in property taxes if you didn’t have data center development,” he said, noting that data centers occupy only about 3% of the county’s land.
But the rapid expansion of data centers has also fueled concerns that their enormous electricity demands could leave residents footing a higher utility bill, potentially offsetting some of those savings.
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The AI boom is accelerating data center development across the U.S. as companies seek more space, power and infrastructure to support increasingly intensive computing needs.(Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Walczak pushed back on that worry, arguing the industry’s impact on homeowners’ property taxes is clearer.
“The property tax relief is real, measurable, and significant,” he said. “The energy costs are largely a solved problem.”
Walczak told Fox News Digital that the increased demand could require utilities to build new generation and transmission infrastructure, while adding more customers and electricity usage can also spread the grid’s fixed costs across a larger base.
The critical question, he said, is who pays for the additional infrastructure.
“You pay for the additional generation and transmission capacity. The data center pays for that,” Walczak said. “And then you actually see a slight reduction in energy costs for everyone.”
The explosive growth of artificial intelligence has fueled a new wave of data center development, as tech companies race to build the massive computing infrastructure needed to power AI.(Mikala Compton/The Austin American-Statesman/Getty Images)
He pointed again to Northern Virginia, arguing that its experience challenges fears that a heavy concentration of data centers inevitably translates into higher electricity prices for residents.
“If you look at the places with the largest data center development, you actually see declines in energy prices relative to the rest of the country,” Walczak said. “You look at Northern Virginia, it has lower energy prices.”
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As communities across the country weigh the costs and benefits of the data center boom, Walczak said Loudoun County’s experience offers a glimpse at what can happen when billions of dollars in new infrastructure become part of the local tax base.
Amanda Macias covers the intersection of business, economics and politics, with a focus on how policy decisions shape markets, businesses and American workers.