(CNN) — Just before her victory this fall, New Jersey Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill jabbed at nearby Virginia, which also had a governor’s race, over its booming data center market.

“Right now, we need to produce power here in our state … because Virginia has a million data centers which are sucking all the power out of our market,” Sherrill said at one debate, “We need to produce here, lower costs here, and stop putting the costs on the ratepayers of New Jersey.” (Sherrill was exaggerating: Virginia has 666 data centers, according to the Data Center Map , while New Jersey has 82.)

A CNN reporter read Sherrill’s quote just before the November 4 election to Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger. Sherrill and Spanberger are longtime friends and former roommates .

“Mikie!” Spanberger r

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