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BREAKING: Prince William County drops legal fight for PW Digital Gateway
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (569+ words) The Prince William Digital Gateway planned up to 37 data centers on 1, 700 acres in rural Gainesville at the edge of the Manassas National Battlefield Park. Prince William County will give up its fight to resurrect the Prince William Digital Gateway " a…...
LETTER: Data center noise and pollution shouldn't be so close to schools
3+ week, 3+ day ago (199+ words) An aerial view of a data center rising behind Chris Yung Elementary School and the Lanier Farms community in Bristow. Data center reform advocates want state regulations to protect homes and schools from data center encroachment and emissions. We've all…...
Data center bills dominated this year's General Assembly. Here's what passed.
4+ week, 11+ hour ago (1173+ words) The Virginia state Capitol in Richmond, where lawmakers will convene this week for the 2026 General Assembly session. The rapid growth of Virginia's data center industry was a key point of focus during the 2026 legislative session, as lawmakers sought to balance…...
Despite heated debate, supervisors OK another data center outside of the county's overlay district
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (845+ words) A rendering of what the 80-foot-tall data center would look like along Prince William'Parkway." The emerging Innovation Town Center near the George Mason University Manassas campus will soon have an 80-foot data center next door as a result of the…...
Lawmakers debate how to regulate data centers" diesel backup generators
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (875+ words) The Buddhist monks" "Walk of Peace" pilgrimage will enter Pr" Prince William homeowners would see an $181 increase in the " An aerial view of a data center rising behind Chris Yung Elementary School and the Lanier Farms community in Bristow. Data…...
Va. House subcommittee punts on measure to shift more electricity costs to data centers
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (809+ words) High-voltage transmission power lines off Vint Hill Road. RICHMOND, Va. " A House Labor and Commerce subcommittee recommended continuing until next session a measure to have data centers pay for associated infrastructure and energy costs " instead of passing them onto other…...
GUEST OPINION: New guidance for generators is dirty by design
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (500+ words) A data center in Gainesville. After the December 2025 power auction, PJM, the operator of the 13-state electricity grid, fell short of fully meeting the region's expected power demand. Now, PJM and Virginia regulators are pivoting toward a strategy that treats…...
Despite hundreds of complaints, Va. eases its rules on dirtier data center generators
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1044+ words) Diesel generator smoke stacks can be seen lined up outside Prince William County's largest data center, so far, located at Interstate 66 and U. S. 29 in Gainesville. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has quietly adopted a new interpretation of its rules that…...
Court stays ruling canceling the Digital Gateway " for now
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (564+ words) The Prince William Digital Gateway rezonings planned up to 37 data centers across more than 1, 700 acres in rural Gainesville. The Prince William Digital Gateway'has been resurrected from the dead just in time for Halloween, courtesy of the Virginia Court of Appeals....
Prince William County asks for a stay on Digital Gateway ruling
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (769+ words) The Prince William Digital Gateway rezonings planned up to 37 data centers across more than 1, 700 acres in rural Gainesville. Prince William County has asked for a stay and signaled its intent to'appeal a judge's recent decision to void the massive Digital…...