Bright key facts / Deployed
Loudoun budgets around a large data-center tax base—and a reserve for volatility.
Loudoun County reports $1.2 billion in data-center property-tax revenue for FY 2026 and projects $1.3 billion—40% of the county budget—for FY 2027, while maintaining a reserve for volatility.
- AI’s role
- AI demand is one driver of data-center investment; the measured record here is county budgeting and risk management, not a causal estimate of AI’s share.
- Documented result
- Loudoun County reports $1.2 billion in data-center real- and personal-property tax revenue for FY 2026. Its FY 2027 adopted budget projects $1.3 billion, or 40% of the county budget. FY 2026 materials show a $119.7 million revenue-stabilization reserve after a $39.7 million contribution.
- Important limitation
- The figure is budgeted gross tax revenue, not an audited net-benefit calculation.