Prince William County kills massive data center project after residents push back
Prince William County supervisors unanimously rejected the massive Dulles South Innovation Center data center project after significant community opposition. This marks the second major data center proposal rejected in the county within a week. The project would have covered nearly 2,000 acres in rural Prince William County.
The Prince William County Board of Supervisors recently rejected the proposed Dulles South Innovation Center, a data center development planned to span nearly 2,000 acres in rural Prince William County. This decision came after fierce community opposition to the project, which was described as potentially one of the largest data center developments globally, larger than the University of Maryland’s campus.
Supervisors voted unanimously to halt the project, marking the second significant data center proposal to be effectively stopped in the county within a single week. Citizens actively urged the supervisors to reject the development, with one speaker in the transcript saying, "Listen to the citizens here today and reject this and every other proposed data center. We're We are watching."