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by roymurdock 3549 days ago
Probably because they're aiming to provide a private government cloud and they want to be geographically closer to key clients - Fauquier county is a 20 min drive from DC and big co's in West Virginia. Also because the incentives Virginia is providing ($1.25m in cash, cuts on sales and use tax, cash for employee training) make up for a higher energy cost - especially the tax cuts.