Prince William lawmakers approve controversial data center development after 27-hour hearing

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors on Wednesday narrowly approved a mega-rezoning that stands to bring nearly 30 million square feet of new data centers to the Gainesville area. Despite the county planning commission’s recommendation that it reject the so-called Digital Gateway project and over objections from dozens of citizens at a marathon hearing that stretched for 27 hours, the Board of Supervisors approved the proposal by a 4-3 vote, with one supervisor abstaining.