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PW Digital Gateway (Compass / QTS)

QTS and Compass (developers, per InsideNoVa/WTOP)

Status
Canceled (rezonings voided; developer terminated project)
Developer / parties
QTS and Compass (developers, per InsideNoVa/WTOP)
Location
Gainesville area, Prince William County
Size
Proposed: over 22 million sq ft of data centers on about 2,000 acres along Pageland Lane, next to Manassas National Battlefield Park (per InsideNoVa/WTOP)
Reported benefits
QTS's withdrawal notice said the project would have delivered tens of billions of dollars in capital investment, substantial local tax revenue and thousands of jobs (company claim, as quoted by InsideNoVa/WTOP)
Concerns / impacts
Rezonings were voided over public-notice defects before a 27-hour hearing (InsideNoVa/WTOP). Opponents included the Oak Valley Homeowners Association and the American Battlefield Trust (InsideNoVa/WTOP)
Last verified
2026-11-02

Milestones

Figures are attributed in parentheses to the outlet or company that reported them. Where sources disagree, we show both.

  1. Dec 2023 Board of County Supervisors approved the rezoning (InsideNoVa/WTOP)
  2. Aug 2025 Prince William Circuit Court ruled the rezonings void for improper public notice (InsideNoVa/WTOP says 'last August')
  3. Mar 31 2026 Court of Appeals upheld that ruling
  4. mid-Apr 2026 the county withdrew from the appeals and late Apr 2026 Compass ended its appeal
  5. Jul 2 2026 QTS withdrew its Virginia Supreme Court filing and said it terminated the project (QTS legal notice quoted by InsideNoVa/WTOP)

Related records

2026-07-02
Court ruling News report Prince William County · PW Digital Gateway (Compass / QTS)

Notice of Withdrawal of Petition for Appeal filed Jul 2, 2026 in the Supreme Court of Virginia, Record No. 260396 (GW Acquisition Co., LLC and GW Acquisition Co. I, LLC v. Oak Valley Homeowners Association, Inc., et al.), from Court of Appeals Record Nos. 1584-25-4, 1590-25-4 and 1592-25-4. The PDF is hosted on an opponents' website (protectpwc.org); it is the court filing itself.

Source: protectpwc.org ↗
2026-07-02
Court ruling News report Prince William County · PW Digital Gateway (Compass / QTS)

QTS withdrew its legal challenge at the Virginia Supreme Court and said it had terminated the Digital Gateway project and withdrawn related filings (InsideNoVa via WTOP).

Source: wtop.com ↗
2026-03-31
Court ruling News report Prince William County · PW Digital Gateway (Compass / QTS)

Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a Circuit Court ruling (Aug 2025) that the PW Digital Gateway rezonings were void because of improper public notice (InsideNoVa via WTOP).

Source: wtop.com ↗

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