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World's largest data center project in Virginia abandoned after lawsuits

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QTS, a data center developer owned by Blackstone, has officially abandoned its plans for the massive 2,100-acre Virginia Digital Gateway project. The company withdrew its final appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court, ending years of legal battles with local residents and historic preservation groups. The project, intended to be the world's largest data center campus, was ultimately scuttled due to a technicality involving improper public notices for the initial rezoning approval, which led to multiple lawsuits and the withdrawal of other stakeholders. AI

IMPACT The failure of this massive data center project highlights the growing challenges in siting AI infrastructure due to local opposition and regulatory complexities.

RANK_REASON A major real estate development project, intended to support AI infrastructure, was abandoned due to legal and regulatory hurdles. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=4 ai=0.4]

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Etiido Uko ·

    Blackstone-owned QTS abandons planned world’s largest data center campus after years of lawsuits — 2,100-acre Virginia Digital Gateway project dies over a newspaper-notice technicality

    Blackstone-owned QTS has withdrawn its final appeal for Virginia’s 22-million-square-foot Digital Gateway campus, ending the massive data center project.

  2. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Tom’s Hardware: Blackstone-owned QTS abandons planned world’s largest data center campus after years of lawsuits — 2,100-acre Virginia Digital Gateway project d

    Tom’s Hardware: Blackstone-owned QTS abandons planned world’s largest data center campus after years of lawsuits — 2,100-acre Virginia Digital Gateway project dies over a newspaper-notice technicality. “Data center developer QTS has officially terminated plans to build a portion …

  3. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Blackstone-owned QTS abandons planned world’s largest data center campus after years of lawsuits — 2,100-acre Virginia Digital Gateway project dies over a newsp

    Blackstone-owned QTS abandons planned world’s largest data center campus after years of lawsuits — 2,100-acre Virginia Digital Gateway project dies over a newspaper-notice … Blackstone-owned QTS has withdrawn its final appeal for Virginia’s 22-million-square-foot Digital Gateway …

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    Blackstone-owned QTS abandons planned world’s largest data center campus after years of lawsuits — 2,100-acre Virginia Digital Gateway project dies over a newsp

    Blackstone-owned QTS abandons planned world’s largest data center campus after years of lawsuits — 2,100-acre Virginia Digital Gateway project dies over a newspaper-notice technicality https://www. tomshardware.com/tech-industry /artificial-intelligence/blackstone-owned-qts-aband…

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