Prince William County, VA

August 11, 2026

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Gov. Abbott's Audit Leaves Batch Zero With No Restart Date

July 5, 2026

In Virginia, a Blackstone subsidiary walked from the 2,100-acre Prince William Digital Gateway over a zoning notice defect.

June 2, 2026

Contrast that with Illinois, where the POWER Act missed its May 31 deadline and Governor Pritzker is moving to suspend $983 million in tax credits, and Virginia, where a Prince William County appeals court halted the Digital Gateway project on public-notice grounds.

May 15, 2026

Compass Datacenters withdrew an 800-acre Prince William County project last month.

May 8, 2026

Meanwhile, the cautionary signal abroad is loud: Compass Datacenters walked from the $25 billion Prince William Digital Gateway, Virginia voter support for new data centers collapsed from 69% to 35% in a year, and 19 Michigan municipalities have frozen approvals after the Stargate speed-first play.

March 7, 2026

The Coalition to Protect Prince William County, Virginia, founded by Elena Schlossberg and Karen Sheehan, has spent a decade building a playbook that grassroots groups nationwide are now replicating.

February 16, 2026

The Virginia Court of Appeals' September 2025 ruling in Caparoula v. Board of County Commissioners of Prince William County reinforced broad deference to local rezoning decisions even against organized opposition, a precedent that cuts both ways.