Massive PWC Data Center Project Thwarted After Final Developer Drops Supreme Court Appeal

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA – The massive Digital Gateway data center project planned for western Prince William County is officially dead, after the last developer withdrew its appeal to Virginia’s Supreme Court, according to multiple reports.

The Coalition to Protect Prince William, one of the groups opposed to the project, announced that developer QTS had withdrawn its appeal on July 2. In the announcement, they congratulated many of the groups that had fought the enormous planned project, including the American Battlefield Trust and the Oak Valley Homeowners Association.

The project was approved by county supervisors in December 2023, in a controversial hearing that state courts eventually concluded had not been properly advertised to the public.

A judge first sided with opponents of the project in August 2025. A Virginia Court of Appeals ruled with them again on March 31. The county dropped its legal defense of the project in April, and one of the project's two developers, Compass, withdrew from the legal process shortly after.

Digital Gateway was envisioned as a huge technological hub of more than 35 data centers spread over around 2,000 acres of mostly rural land, including areas near the Manassas Battlefield Park. The project was fought ferociously by community members for years.

Read more about data centers planned for Prince William County here.