Category: The Coalition to Protect PWC
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Patch: Prince William County Supervisors Unanimously Reject Massive New Data Center Plan
Supervisors unanimously voted against moving forward with the proposed Dulles South Innovation Hub data center campus. Elena Schlossberg, executive director of the Coalition to Protect Prince William County, is quoted.
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WJLA: Prince William County Board of Supervisors rejects plans for 2,000-acre data center
WJLA/ABC7 covers the Board of Supervisors’ consideration of the nearly 2,000-acre Dulles South data center proposal as residents protested its size and potential impacts. Elena Schlossberg of the Coalition to Protect Prince William County is quoted at the rally before the vote.
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WTOP: Prince William Co. supervisors deny 2,000-acre Dulles South data center plans
After a five-hour public hearing the board halted the Dulles Cloud South campus in an 8-0 vote. Elena Schlossberg, executive director of the Coalition to Protect Prince William County, is quoted advocating that the data center industry pay for its own infrastructure, including the roughly 6,000 dies
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InsideNoVa: Massive Dulles South data center plans coming before Prince William supervisors amid local outcry
Ahead of the vote on a comprehensive plan amendment for the nearly 2,000-acre Dulles South Innovation Center, local groups planned a rally and news conference outside the McCoart Building. Elena Schlossberg is quoted from the coalition’s news release and speaks to the project’s environmental hazards
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WVTF: Neighbors, preservationists cheer defeat of data center project
Plans for a massive data center near the Manassas battlefield are being scrapped, a major win for the neighborhood groups that battled the project. Elena Schlossberg of the Coalition to Protect Prince William County is quoted on the end of the Digital Gateway.
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Data Center Dynamics: QTS drops data center appeal, kills gigawatt PW Digital Gateway project in Virginia
DCD reports that QTS conceded defeat in the years-long fight to get the PW Digital Gateway over the line by dropping its appeal. Elena Schlossberg of the Coalition to Protect Prince William County is quoted. (Date approximate: early July 2026.)
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QTS abandons Digital Gateway lawsuit – Va. Supreme Court filings
FINAL GWA Burke Notice of Withdrawal of Petition for Appeal 070226 FINAL GWA Oak Valley II Notice of Withdrawal of Petition 070226
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Podcast: The Data Centers Are Coming, Ep. 6 – Closing Arguments – ILSR / Building Local Power
Episode 6 of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance series asks whether humans use technology or technology uses humans, and what that means for resisting data centers. Elena Schlossberg, the series’ local activist guide in Data Center Alley, describes the Digital Gateway.
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Video: Northern Virginia residents and lawmakers sound off on data centers in town hall – WJLA ABC7
WJLA ABC7 (7News) reports from a June 15, 2026 town hall in Manassas, hosted by Virginia Sen. Louise Lucas, where residents living near data centers spoke to lawmakers during the budget fight over data center tax breaks. Residents quoted include Jessica Grove, who lives near the Prince William Digit
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Podcast: The Data Centers Are Coming, Ep. 4 – Transmission (Im)possible – ILSR / Building Local Power
Episode 4 asks whether data centers are making electric bills go up and how utilities profit from Big Tech’s AI boom. Elena Schlossberg, executive director of the Coalition to Protect Prince William County, is a listed guest.