Largest Data Center Project Ever Proposed Is Officially Dead | EN590 Commodities
EN590 Commodities GroupCrude Oil July 05, 2026
OPEC Oil Production Jumps, But Gulf Supply Is Still Far From Normal The largest data center project ever proposed in the U.S. is officially dead. Blackstone-owned QTS Realty Trust withdrew its appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court on July 2, closing out a three-year legal fight over thePrince William Digital Gateway, a planned 2,100-acre campus in Prince William County, Virginia that would have packed 37 buildings and 22 million square feet of data centers next to Manassas National Battlefield Park. At full build-out, the project carried an estimated $100 billion price tag and would have been the largest data center complex in the world. QTS was the last developer standing. Co-developer Compass Datacenters, backed by Brookfield, dropped its own appeal in April, and the Prince William Board





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