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Data center project · Prince William, Virginia

Prince William Digital Gateway

Withdrawn · The roughly 2,100-acre campus, which would have been the world's largest, was approved in December 2023 and ended in July 2026 after courts voided its rezoning because the county's public notice was defective. Also known as: PW Digital Gateway, Pageland Lane corridor.

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Status
Withdrawn · as of July 2, 2026
Location
Pageland Lane, near Gainesville, next to Manassas National Battlefield Park · Prince William
Status note
Courts voided the rezoning over defective public notice. QTS, the last developer still appealing, dropped its Supreme Court of Virginia appeal on July 2, 2026.
Power
Not reported
No power figure appears in the sources reviewed.
Floor area
23,000,000 sq ft
Sources give 22 million to 23 million sq ft across 37 buildings at build-out.
Land
2,100 acres
Investment
QTS cited 'tens of billions of dollars' (company claim)
Developer and team
QTS Realty Trust (Blackstone); Compass Datacenters
Utility
Dominion Energy
Evidence
News reports; primary records not yet obtained
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.

Updates, newest first

  1. July 2, 2026 QTS withdrew its appeal, ending the project. (FOX 5 DC, July 2, 2026; The Next Web, July 3, 2026)
  2. April 30, 2026 QTS filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of Virginia on the last day allowed. (InsideNoVa, May 2026)
  3. April 28, 2026 Compass Datacenters said it would not appeal further. (InsideNoVa, May 2026)
  4. April 14, 2026 Supervisors voted unanimously to end the county's defense. The county had spent close to $2 million on it. (InsideNoVa, May 2026; FOX 5 DC, July 2, 2026)
  5. March 31, 2026 The Court of Appeals of Virginia unanimously upheld the ruling in cases brought by the Oak Valley Homeowners Association and the American Battlefield Trust. (Virginia Lawyers Weekly, April 1, 2026; FOX 5 DC, July 2, 2026)
  6. Aug. 2025 Circuit Judge Kimberly A. Irving voided the rezonings because notice before the hearing was defective. The first required newspaper ad never ran. (Virginia Lawyers Weekly, April 1, 2026)
  7. Dec. 2023 After a public hearing of 27 to 29 hours, the Board of County Supervisors approved rezonings covering about 1,790 acres. (Virginia Lawyers Weekly, April 1, 2026; The Next Web, July 3, 2026)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Reported acreage ranges from about 2,000 to 2,100 acres; the rezoning itself covered about 1,790 acres. Square footage is reported as 22 million to 23 million.
  • Virginia Lawyers Weekly names the applicant entities as H&H Capital Acquisitions and GW Acquisition Co.
  • County spending on the defense is reported as more than $1.7 million and as nearly $2 million.
  • The court opinions themselves were not opened. Landowner Mary Ann Ghadban's federal suit against QTS was reported, but its outcome was not verified.

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