January 2022: 2133 agricultural/rural acres in Gainesville district, Occoquan Reservoir watershed, proposed to be developed for data centers.
Resurrects ‘Bi-County Parkway’ to create ‘Outer Beltway’ from I-95 in Woodbridge to Loudoun County.
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County Digital Gateway Rezoning Applications ePortal site:
Compass, North, and South Digital Gateway Rezoning Applications accessible here
REZ2022-00032 (pwcgov.org) – Digital Gateway North – QTS
REZ2022-00033 (pwcgov.org) – Digital Gateway South – QTS
REZ2022-00036 (pwcgov.org) – Compass Data Centers
Search for 5th submission attachment. Compass was uploaded on 11/2. The 2 QTS 5th submissions were uploaded on 11/6.
County Development Services ePortal site – Search for all Digital Gateway docs
CPA – applications and all other documents (but not all can be found here – some of those missing from county site found below): CPA2021-00004
Pageland ‘Digital Gateway’ project site – PWC Planning Office site for meetings, and some other documents
Refer to ‘PW Digital Gateway Open House Meeting Stations’ table in center of page to find all documents on display at 1/27/22 in-person citizen engagement meeting before comment time.
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Documents listed in reverse chronological order: Access more at above ePortal sites
10/3/22: Historic Commission Special Meeting:
PWC Historic Commission – New and Additional Research
9/9/22: “Applicant” letter to Planning Commission from QTS-Compass changing the Digital Gateway CPA and PWC Staff Report:
8/15/22: 2nd Draft Plan Digital Gateway:
Digital Gateway 2nd Draft Plan 081522
Responses to Planning Commission questions Digital Gateway WS 08.19.22_V3 Final
Digital Gateway Viewshed_Analysis_Methodology 0822
3/9/22: Special Planning Area Corridor Plan:
Corridor Plan (PW Digital Gateway) 030922
Exhibit 1 – Public and Private Open Space Aerial Map 030922
Exhibit 2 – Pre-1998 LRLU Map 030922
Exhibit 3 – Battlefield Bypass Plan 030922
Exhibit 4 – Proposed LRLU Map 030922
Exhibit 5 – Mobility Plan 030922
Exhibit 6 – Cultural Resource Sites Map 030922
Exhibit 7 – Water and Sewer Map 030922
2/28/22: Digital Gateway North & South Rezoning Applications:
DigitalNorth Rezoning application 022822
DigitalSouth Rezoning application 022822
11/3/21 CPA Application (Out of Turn) including Candland property – link not included on County web portal as of 2/25/22 – obtained through FOIA
Digital Gateway North – CPA Application Submission Packet
7/20/21 County Initiation: Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan of the Property from AE, Agricultural or Estate and ER, Environmental Resource to Technology / Flex (T/F)
with a T-3 Transect:
Pageland CPA2021-0004 ‘PW Digital Gateway’ application – County Staff report 072021
6/15/21: Expanded to 2133 acres: Original application cannot be found on County web portal site as of 2/28/22. Will upload copy obtained through FOIA.
5/19/21: CPA Application – Originally proposed for 800 acres:
Original CPA CPA2021-0004 ‘PW Digital Gateway’ application – proposed for 800 acres – link removed from County web portal Jan-Feb 2022, document downloaded before removal. 3/1/22 back on county web portal. Removed from county web portal again 9/21/22 after Planning Commission vote. The Coalition stored a copy of the original application when it was first submitted: 1_Planning_InitiationSubmission_CPA2021-00004_PW_DigitalGateway_2021_0520.pdf – Google Drive
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Articles and Information
Pageland Data Center Corridor proposal: Prince William Times: EXCLUSIVE: Massive 800-acre data center deal proposed for ‘rural crescent’ – The Coalition to Protect Prince William County (protectpwc.org)
Pageland Lane proposed Data Center parcels – CPA filed with county May 19 by 26 parcel owners, in orange below:
Prince William Times: County to look for more land for data centers, including in the ‘rural crescent’ – The Coalition to Protect Prince William County
Find more news coverage and public letters in “The Latest….and Archives” on the home page. (protectpwc.org)