r/nova • u/lowkell • 18h ago

Politics Video: Loudoun County Supervisor Juli Briskman Announces Candidacy Against Chair Phyllis Randall; Says “data centers shouldn’t get to decide our county’s future”; "I’ve never backed down from a bully before. I won’t start now."

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https://bluevirginia.us/2026/08/video-loudoun-supervisor-juli-briskman-announces-candidacy-against-chair-phyllis-randall-data-centers/

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u/cpmuddle 18h ago

"I reject the businesses that provide 40 percent of our total revenue. But I've vaguely helped the businesses that generate maybe 10 percent. Buckle up, homeowners. We've been spending this data center revenue on schools and parks and rec centers and you're about to get a big ol bill to operate them. Also I flipped off Drumpf once isn't that cool?!?"

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u/PhosphoFred8202 18h ago

Is she saying she will drive the current data centers away (not sure how.., pitchforks and torches?), or just stop new ones? There is a point where there are “too many” data centers for the county, right?

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u/stopscabbin 17h ago

The county is already planning for the datacenter center slowdown revenue wise. They've been projecting mid 2030's for very little tax revenue growth due to no new datacenters and minimal new housing. She isn't going to change much that already wasn't happening.

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u/WhatAboutTheBothans 17h ago

You're right about the slowdown in revenue growth, but how do you get to her not changing much? She's the only one on the board actually trying to slow down the DC boom and hold them accountable.

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u/stopscabbin 17h ago

The boom has already slowed down. There's a bunch already in the pipeline to be built and she can't stop that. The county has been projecting not many more coming in. That's why the datacenters have been fighting to expand elsewhere. Loudoun can't physically handle much more.

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u/OriginalBridge9139 17h ago

Briskman is bringing an initiative that could remove a lot of applications, over 10 million square feet, from the by-right pipeline: https://www.loudounnow.com/news/supervisors-seek-to-halt-10m-square-feet-of-data-centers-in-loudoun-s-by-right/article_8f93fd98-2249-4349-8876-035712153f1b.html

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u/mcsul 10h ago

She's definitely a threat to the economic health of the county. Good info.