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Prince William County board rejects data center proposal

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A major decision on data centers in Prince William County came Tuesday as the Board of Supervisors rejected a proposal for a 2,000‑acre Dulles Cloud South campus. FOX 5’s Melanie Alnwick says in a rare 8–0 vote, the board declined to rezone nearly 2,000 acres from agricultural to industrial use.

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  1. NBC4 Washington

    Proposed 2,000-acre data center in Prince William stirs debate (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    Hundreds are back on the digital battleground in Prince William County as neighbors are drawing lines in the sand on the newest proposed largest data center development in the world. In rural, western Prince William just south of Dulles airport, the data center proposal calls for a nearly 2,000 acre…

  2. DC News Now

    Prince William County supervisors unanimously reject proposal that could have opened nearly 2,000 acres to data centers (opens DC News Now)

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    The Prince William County Board of Supervisors unanimously rejected a proposal would have opened the door to massive data center development across nearly three square miles of land in northern Prince William County.

  3. WUSA9

    Prince William County supervisors reject massive data center proposal (opens WUSA9)

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    Prince William County supervisors unanimously rejected a proposal to change the zoning for about 2,000 acres of land to allow for data center development.

  4. FOX 5 DC

    Prince William County board rejects data center proposal (opens FOX 5 DC)

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    A major decision on data centers in Prince William County came Tuesday as the Board of Supervisors rejected a proposal for a 2,000‑acre Dulles Cloud South campus. FOX 5’s Melanie Alnwick says in a rare 8–0 vote, the board declined to rezone nearly 2,000 acres from agricultural to industrial use.

  5. Virginia Mercury

    Prince William supervisors reject Dulles Cloud South data center proposal (opens Virginia Mercury)

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    Prince William County supervisors voted against a rezoning proposal for the Dulles Cloud South data center project Tuesday, less than a week after developers retreated from a legal battle over building the 1,760-acre Digital Gateway data center complex in the county.

  6. Winchester Star

    Prince William supervisors reject Dulles Cloud South data center (opens Winchester Star)

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    Prince William County supervisors voted against a rezoning proposal for the Dulles Cloud South data center project Tuesday, less than a week after developers retreated from a legal battle over building the 1,760-acre Digital Gateway data center complex in the…