Former U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock, R-Va., was a member of the Virginia legislature and the lead lawmaker behind its data center sales tax exemption when the legislation passed in 2012.

Former U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock, R-Va., was a member of the Virginia legislature and the lead lawmaker behind its data center sales tax exemption when the legislation passed in 2012.

Former U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock, R-Va., was a member of the Virginia legislature and the lead lawmaker behind its data center sales tax exemption when the legislation passed in 2012.

For example, in nearby Fredericksburg, officials are squeezing a data center in a U shape, surrounding an apartment complex and assisted living facility, in an unfathomable act of irresponsibility.

For the first quarter, data center revenue climbed 73% year over year. The hyperscale customers like Microsoft are buying Nvidia's GPUs as fast as it can produce them.

Those data center chips are called graphics processing units (GPUs), and you won't believe the eye-popping amount of money their customers are spending on these chips.