Plans for an electric substation that would have sustained the Hunter Property data center campus in Bristow were derailed March 11 when the Prince William County Planning Commission denied the public facilities review for the project.
The Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative, or NOVEC, was the applicant behind the facility – known as the “Diamond Hill substation.”
The commission voted 5-3 to deny the proposal, with Neabsco District Commissioner Qwendolyn Brown, Coles Commissioner Karla Justice and Michael Sherman, the new Potomac District commissioner, voting against the denial…