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Iron Mountain plans $6 million data center expansion in Gainesville

By Potomac Local News
Elected officials gather for a private event in 2017 for the opening of and Iron Mountain data center near Gainesville, Va. [Submitted photo]

Iron Mountian was one of the first large data centers to open in Prince William County.

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Opinion: Prince William withholding data center info from public

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Citizens were recently treated to two more mind-numbing episodes in the surreal story of the Prince William Digital Gateway.

The July 13 Planning Commission meeting featured an exchange where Gainesville commissioner Rick Berry asked acting Planning Office Director Rebecca Horner why there was a work session scheduled to discuss the proposal when neither the Comprehensive Plan update nor the overlay district review was complete.

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Prince William Democrats urge sacking Wheeler recall supporters

By Uriah Kiser
Marilyn Karp, a long time activist in the Democratic Party leads residents gathered at the Prince William County Government Center to call for Board of Supervisors Chair At-large Ann Wheeler (D) to resign after she dumped $50,000 of stock in data center firms.

Bill Wright has been a force in the fight against a wave of data centers being considered or already under construction in Gainesville.

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Residents demand Wheeler’s resignation following data center stock dump, call FBI

By Uriah Kiser
Chris Griffin, 38, a business owner and lifelong Prince William County resident calls on Board Chair At-large Ann Wheeler to resign. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/PLN]

Storm clouds continue to gather over Ann Wheeler, the at-large Chair of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors.

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BREAKING: Residents push to recall Chair Ann Wheeler following data center stock dump

By Uriah Kiser
Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chair At-large Ann Wheeler. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/Potomac Local News]

Prince William County residents will move to recall the county’s top leader during a press conference on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, sources tell Potomac Local News.

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PC scoffs at county’s request to vet drive-throughs, blesses Gainesville Crossing Sheetz

By Uriah Kiser
A diagram showing the retail portion of the 153-acre Gainesville Crossing, which will sit next to a commuter parking lot at I-66 and Route 19.

The retail and commercial portion of a 153-acre data center site in Gainesville is ready to be developed.

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‘He’s lost our trust:” Residents aim to recall Gainesville Supervisor Peter Candland

By Potomac Local News

The Coalition to Protect Prince William is leading a recall effort for Gainesville District Supervisor Peter Candland.

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Protestors disrupt meeting, call for Supervisor’s resignation, halt of data center development in rural area

By Uriah Kiser
Activists called on Democrats to halt development studies for the rural areas of Prince William County and called for Republican Peter Candland to resign from the Board of County Supervisors. [Photo: Uriah Kiser]

A group of disappointed residents interrupted a joint meeting of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors and several elected state delegates on Tuesday, November 9.

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County moves closer to allowing data centers near Manassas Battlefield Park

By Uriah Kiser
Environmental conservation groups gathered at the Prince William County Government Center on July 20, 2021 to protest plans to build data centers near Manassas Battlefield National Park. [Photo by Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]

Prince William County leaders voted to turn up the heat when studying multiple parcels of land next to the historic Manassas Battlefield National Park that could one day be home to data centers. 

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More data centers a possibility in Prince William County

By Uriah Kiser

Could Prince William County become the next Loudoun County, which, with the most data centers in the world, handling the majority of the world’s web traffic, is the home to the modern internet?

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