S.B. 465: Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for data centers.
Virginia, 2026 Regular Session. In committee, January 13, 2026.
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S.B. 465 at a glance
Status In committee In committee, .
No official summary is on file yet. The full text is on the legislature's page, linked below.
Sales and use tax exemption; data centers. Requires data center operators to meet certain energy efficiency standards in order to be eligible for the sales and use tax exemption for data center purchases. Under the bill, a data center operator shall be eligible for the exemption only if such operator demonstrates that (i) its facilities either have a power usage effectiveness score of no greater than 1.2 or, for data centers co located in buildings with other commercial uses, achieve an energy efficiency level of no less than the most efficient 15 percent of similar buildings constructed in the previous five years and (ii) by January 1, 2028, it will procure carbon free renewable energy and associated renewable energy certificates equal to 90 percent of its electricity requirements or its electricity will be otherwise derived from non carbon emitting, renewable sources.
Measure Bill.
Sponsors Creigh Deeds (D); Russet Perry (D)
Subjects None on file. The legislature's own list.
Official page lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB465. Found through LegiScan (bill 2085555), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.
What happened, and when
- January 13, 2026 In committee
S.B. 465 went to committee in the Senate. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations.
- January 13, 2026 Introduced
S.B. 465 was introduced in the Senate. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations.
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