Compass Datacenters abandons Prince William County data centre campus

14 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 8

The scrapped project covered more than 800 acres in Northern Virginia and had won zoning approvals in 2023 before recent court rulings overturned them.
The reversal followed local groups' opposition and a dispute over newspaper advertising tied to the approval process, derailing the planned campus.
Compass is backed by Brookfield Asset Management, and the setback hits expansion plans in Northern Virginia, one of the world's biggest data-centre markets.

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