Did you know that a big tech-backed data center group called the Data Center Coalition—whose members include Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Google—formed a political action committee last year, then donated $165,500 to a bipartisan group of Virginia lawmakers... ahead of a legislative session focused on regulation? Yeah.
If this rubs you the wrong way, here are two things you can do about it:

-Use the Virginia Register of Regulations or the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall website to track proposed regulations and submit public comments.

-Use the Virginia Public Access Project and Transparency USA to see which lawmakers receive donations from tech companies and related PACs.

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