Stop the Prince William Digital Gateway and Protect Manassas Battlefield

In December 2023, Prince William County’s board of supervisors approved plans for the massive Digital Gateway complex, a data center campus in the narrow corridor between the western border of Manassas National Battlefield Park and Conway Robinson State Forest. After a 27-hour meeting that included public comment from hundreds of area residents, the final vote in favor was 4-3, with one abstention.

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But we weren’t done fighting. On January 12, 2024, the American Battlefield Trust joined nine local residents in filing a lawsuit that asks the Circuit Court for Prince William County to overturn the trio of rezonings granted in violation of Virginia Code by the lame duck County Board of Supervisors. A half-dozen other leading conservation organizations weighed in on the case through a "friend of the court" filing.

UPDATE: The Trust and nine local residents have appealed the Circuit Court's October 31 demurrer ruling to the Virginia Court of Appeals. Read more here.

Help us show the depth of public opposition to what would be the largest data center campus in the world by signing the appropriate letter.

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