Data Center Atlas
PW Digital Gateway
Cancelled
United States · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
Proposed data center corridor of roughly 2,100 acres along Pageland Lane near Gainesville in western Prince William County, Virginia, next to Manassas National Battlefield Park. In December 2023 the county board approved three rezonings (Compass, DG North and DG South) that together allowed about 22 million square feet and up to 37 data centers for QTS and Compass Datacenters. Courts later held the rezonings void because the hearing was improperly advertised. The county and Compass stopped defending them in April 2026, and QTS withdrew its last appeal and ended the project in July 2026.
Source record as of 2026-07-04 · Details and sources
Location
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Projects (1)
PW Digital Gateway
Cancelled last observed as of · Reported status
Location: Gainesville, Prince William County, Virginia, US. Wikipedia coordinates for Gainesville, Virginia. WTOP places the roughly 2,000-acre corridor along Pageland Lane near Gainesville, next to Manassas National Battlefield Park; the court describes three adjoining rezoning areas, so the site extends several kilometres from this point. WTOP (republished from InsideNoVa); Court of Appeals of Virginia
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power capacity | about 1,700 MW | Planned · Campus · Unspecified | 2026-04-29 | Bisnow reports 1.7 GW of capacity for the whole project without saying whether it is IT load or facility power. | Bisnow; Bisnow; Bisnow |
| Power capacity | up to 9,000 MW | Planned · Campus · Unspecified | 2026-07-02 | Opponent's estimate: the American Battlefield Trust, which sued to stop the project, says the data centers were expected to draw up to 9 GW. It conflicts with the 1.7 GW trade-press figure, and the Trust does not explain its basis. | American Battlefield Trust |
| Land area | about 2,139 acres | Planned · Campus | 2025-08-08 | Overall Digital Gateway area as reported by Bisnow; later coverage rounds it to 2,100 acres. The three rezonings described by the court cover 884, 534 and 342 acres. | Bisnow |
| Floor area | about 22,000,000 sq_ft | Planned · Campus | 2026-04-15 | Bisnow; Bisnow | |
| Buildings | up to 37 count | Planned · Campus | 2026-03-31 | Court of Appeals description of the approved rezonings; Bisnow reports 34 buildings at full build-out. | Court of Appeals of Virginia |
| Buildings | 34 count | Planned · Campus | 2026-04-15 | Trade-press figure that differs from the court's figure of up to 37 data centers. | Bisnow; Bisnow |
| Land area | 884 acres | Planned · Phase · Compass rezoning (REZ2022-00036) | 2026-03-31 | Court of Appeals of Virginia | |
| Floor area | up to 11,500,000 sq_ft | Planned · Phase · Compass rezoning (REZ2022-00036) | 2026-03-31 | Court of Appeals of Virginia | |
| Land area | 534 acres | Planned · Phase · DG North rezoning (REZ2022-00032) | 2026-03-31 | Court of Appeals of Virginia | |
| Floor area | up to 7,000,000 sq_ft | Planned · Phase · DG North rezoning (REZ2022-00032) | 2026-03-31 | Court of Appeals of Virginia | |
| Land area | 342 acres | Planned · Phase · DG South rezoning (REZ2022-00033) | 2026-03-31 | Court of Appeals of Virginia | |
| Floor area | up to 3,700,000 sq_ft | Planned · Phase · DG South rezoning (REZ2022-00033) | 2026-03-31 | Court of Appeals of Virginia |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| QTS Data Centers | Developer | Blackstone-owned. Converge Digest reports QTS acted through its affiliate GW Acquisition Co.; the court names GW Acquisition Co., LLC and GW Acquisition Co. I, LLC as applicants for the DG South and DG North rezonings. | Bisnow; Bisnow; Converge Digest |
| Compass Datacenters | Developer | Bisnow; Bisnow | |
| H&H Capital Acquisitions, LLC | Developer | Applicant for the largest rezoning, known as Compass; the court groups it with the two GW entities as the developers. | Court of Appeals of Virginia |
| Prince William County Board of County Supervisors | Government | Adopted the three rezonings in December 2023 and voted in April 2026 to stop defending them. | Court of Appeals of Virginia; Bisnow |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-01 | Other | Actual | County board enacted the Digital Gateway comprehensive plan amendment (CPA2021-00004) that preceded the rezoning applications. | Court of Appeals of Virginia |
| 2023-12-13 | Zoning approved | Actual | After a public hearing that began on 12 December, the board approved all three rezonings on 13 December by a four-to-three vote with one abstention. | Court of Appeals of Virginia |
| 2025-08 | Other | Actual | Prince William Circuit Court Judge Kimberly Irving declared the rezonings void over defective public notice. | Bisnow |
| 2026-03-31 | Other | Actual | Court of Appeals of Virginia affirmed that the Compass, DG North and DG South rezonings were void from the start. | Court of Appeals of Virginia |
| 2026-04-14 | Other | Actual | County board voted unanimously to drop its legal defense of the rezonings. The American Battlefield Trust gives the date as 14 April; Bisnow's Wednesday 15 April article places the vote on the preceding Tuesday. | Bisnow; American Battlefield Trust |
| 2026-04 | Other | Actual | Compass Datacenters said it could not move forward with the project; the American Battlefield Trust says Compass declined to appeal further. | Bisnow; American Battlefield Trust |
| 2026-07-02 | Cancelled | Actual | QTS withdrew its petitions to the Supreme Court of Virginia on 2 July and said it was terminating the project. | Bisnow; WTOP (republished from InsideNoVa); Converge Digest |
Sources for these details
- Board of County Supervisors of Prince William County v. Oak Valley Homeowners Association, Inc., et al. (Record Nos. 1590-25-4, 1584-25-4, 1592-25-4, 2025-24-4) — Court of Appeals of Virginia; 2026-03-31
- Judge Throws Out Zoning Approval For 2,100-Acre Northern Virginia Data Center Project — Bisnow; 2025-08-08
- Officials End Efforts To Build One Of World's Largest Data Center Clusters — Bisnow; 2026-04-15
- Developer Abandons Massive Virginia Data Center Plan After Court Ruling — Bisnow; 2026-04-29
- Blackstone's QTS Abandons Digital Gateway Project, Ends Legal Fight — Bisnow; 2026-07-03
- Digital Gateway data center project dies after final developer withdraws appeal — WTOP (republished from InsideNoVa); 2026-07-02
- Victory at Manassas! Prince William Digital Gateway Project Dead After Developer Drops Appeal — American Battlefield Trust; 2026-07-02
- QTS Drops Digital Gateway Data Center Campus in VA — Converge Digest; 2026-07-04
- Companies
- Developer: QTS Data Centers (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: QTS Data Centers (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: QTS Data Centers (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Compass Datacenters (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Compass Datacenters (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: H&H Capital Acquisitions, LLC (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: Prince William County Board of County Supervisors (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: Prince William County Board of County Supervisors (unknown scope) evidence
Source and location review
- Status source
- Blackstone's QTS Abandons Digital Gateway Project, Ends Legal Fight evidence row
Bisnow · published 2026-07-03 · Trade publication - Locator
- Locality reference only · Compiled location reference · locality evidence
- Source checks
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reviewed
No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 115 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 38.79470, -77.62060
- Geometry licence
- source-terms-not-recorded
- Use scope
- Locality reference only
- Scope class
- locality
- Authority
- Compiled location reference
- Source entity
- Project
- Method
- imported_reference_point
- Derivation
- imported_reference_point
- Precision scope
- Wikipedia coordinates for Gainesville, Virginia. WTOP places the roughly 2,000-acre corridor along Pageland Lane near Gainesville, next to Manassas National Battlefield Park; the court describes three adjoining rezoning areas, so the site extends several kilometres from this point.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
- Geometry evidence
- aceb4a50
A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.
Evidence
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackstone's QTS Abandons Digital Gateway Project, Ends Legal Fight Archived copy | Bisnow Trade publication | Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Milestone: Cancelled, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | Bisnow | add175fa426e292c118cffa80a69b4dcced3f5eab1e7f3734fca1b198d91cc50Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Board of County Supervisors of Prince William County v. Oak Valley Homeowners Association, Inc., et al. (Record Nos. 1590-25-4, 1584-25-4, 1592-25-4, 2025-24-4) Archived copy | Court of Appeals of Virginia Court record | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Floor Area, Metric: Land Area, Milestone: Other, Milestone: Zoning Approved, Role: Developer, Role: Government | source-terms-not-recorded | Court of Appeals of Virginia | 8a529d94d6b87d93a61615da52f384cbd9ce3021ed1a1a5080d2dbb5c2198bbbFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Developer Abandons Massive Virginia Data Center Plan After Court Ruling Archived copy | Bisnow Trade publication | Imported: Record, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | Bisnow | 385636e9e0343c2aca5e3960ebf9660a2950f613712d96d897c304c98c353613Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Digital Gateway data center project dies after final developer withdraws appeal Archived copy | WTOP (republished from InsideNoVa) News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Milestone: Cancelled | source-terms-not-recorded | WTOP (republished from InsideNoVa) | b5a0557ba4ea8326694e5fd3e6d30ac9d5e970c316294f0c6812d97912d64b5cFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Judge Throws Out Zoning Approval For 2,100-Acre Northern Virginia Data Center Project Archived copy | Bisnow Trade publication | Imported: Record, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Floor Area, Metric: Land Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other | source-terms-not-recorded | Bisnow | 1aff46e319fe240655da30bdc73cf8b5bd6cdae238ab7b7d0aa14cb2f3e0ad90Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Officials End Efforts To Build One Of World's Largest Data Center Clusters Archived copy | Bisnow Trade publication | Imported: Record, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Floor Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Role: Developer, Role: Government | source-terms-not-recorded | Bisnow | 78d013470fd6376324cfd282aa28095859ef474a3e7a9eeb32b2386cb087d960Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| QTS Drops Digital Gateway Data Center Campus in VA Archived copy | Converge Digest Trade publication | Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Milestone: Cancelled, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | Converge Digest | 96fbfeb849b23df045c68a2d0e53e5007bde9534f39e41fd862f1cd458f29e3bFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Victory at Manassas! Prince William Digital Gateway Project Dead After Developer Drops Appeal Archived copy | American Battlefield Trust Other | Imported: Record, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other | source-terms-not-recorded | American Battlefield Trust | ce0b67b9f949cf182ccf22ac2a184eb42d83b4d5c50f0a6855cb9d290a88d3a2Factual source record; not the publisher page |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). PW Digital Gateway [site vcc-site-cd315d5cbb01f749da8f]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-cd315d5cbb01f749da8f/
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