The Brief
- Following a March court ruling that found Prince William County’s data center rezoning fundamentally flawed, all legal approvals for the project have been voided.
- The legal battle officially concluded on July 2 after developer Quality Technology Services (QTS) withdrew its final appeals, following earlier withdrawals by the county board and co-developer Compass.
- The litigation, brought by local residents and preservation groups, concluded after the county spent nearly $2 million in taxpayer funds defending the rezoning.
MANASSAS PARK, VA. – Data center developer Quality Technology Services (QTS) has officially dropped its appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court, effectively terminating plans for a massive 2,100-acre data center complex adjacent to Manassas National Battlefield Park, opponents announced Thursday.
The decision by the Blackstone Inc. subsidiary ends a highly contested, years-long legal battle over the Prince William Digital Gateway project, which would have been the largest data center complex in the world, according to previous FOX 5 D.C. reporting.
The move leaves the lower court’s ruling intact, blocking the project as sought by a coalition of local residents, homeowners associations and historic preservation groups who argued the development threatened the area’s historic and environmental landscape.
From board approval to July withdrawal
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