Roger Smith, a Waterford resident, told the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 22 that the county92s proposed fiscal year 2026 budget does not clearly show total revenue from data centers and asked the county to publish fuller historical and interim fiscal data before the budget is approved.

Smith said the budget document provides adopted figures for 2025 but lacks actual results for the current fiscal year and a clear total for data‑center real property and personal property taxes. "There is no place in this or prior budget documents where you can find the total revenue generated by data centers," he said.

The request comes during the board92s public hearing on the FY2026 proposed budget and the proposed tax rate on real and personal property. Smith asked the board to include actuals for the first two-thirds of fiscal 2025 or a reasonable projection, and to break out data‑center revenue either in the executive summary, the general fund revenue section, the forecast discussion, or a separate online document.

Chair Randall responded to Smith92s concerns during the hearing. Randall said that when the county92s budget staff presented earlier, "the data center revenue was broken out very specifically," and she offered to send Smith links to that presentation.

No formal action was taken at the Feb. 22 public hearing; the session was a public comment period on the FY2026 proposed budget. The board92s clerk and budget staff will retain public comments as the supervisors consider the proposed budget in subsequent deliberations.

Smith92s request highlights a recurring transparency issue in budget discussions: stakeholders seeking more granular, up‑to‑date revenue information to evaluate spending and tax proposals. The board scheduled two additional public hearings on the proposed budget for Thursday, Feb. 27.

Chair Randall said staff would follow up with the links Smith requested and that those materials could be used by residents and supervisors alike as the board moves toward final budget decisions.