QTS Drops Massive Data Center Project | Washington DC News

Washington DC News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 3, 2026 · 1m

The massive PW Digital Gateway data center project is officially dead after QTS dropped its legal challenge, ending a years-long battle over the proposed 22-million-square-foot campus near Manassas National Battlefield Park. Despite county approval in December, a judge invalidated the rezoning due to procedural errors, and the state Court of Appeals upheld that ruling. QTS, the last developer fighting the case, cited years of planning and promised economic benefits—but ultimately pulled the plug, handing a major victory to conservationists and local residents who opposed the project’s scale…