Overview
- QTS filed a notice withdrawing its appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court on Thursday, July 2, 2026, and said it has terminated the PW Digital Gateway project after years of legal fights.
- The project’s approvals were voided after a Prince William Circuit Court judge found the county gave improper public notice before a multi-day rezoning hearing, and the Virginia Court of Appeals upheld that ruling on March 31.
- At full buildout the proposal would have covered roughly 2,000 acres and more than 22 million square feet of data centers next to Manassas National Battlefield Park, and QTS had touted tens of billions in capital investment and thousands of jobs.
- Local homeowners, preservation groups and activists who opposed the campus celebrated the withdrawal and said they will push for conservation and long-term land management along the Pageland Lane corridor.
- The legal defeat rested on a procedural notice flaw rather than a court judgment on environmental or historical impacts, underscoring how local land-use process and public participation can decide large infrastructure projects.