# Blackstone-owned QTS abandons planned world’s largest data center campus after years of lawsuits — 2,100-acre Virginia Digital Gateway project dies over a newspaper-notice technicality

> Data center developer QTS has officially terminated plans to build a portion of the planned 2,100-acre “Digital Gateway” data center campus in Virginia, following years of legal battles with local residents and historic…

- **Source:** [Tom's Hardware](https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/blackstone-owned-qts-abandons-planned-worlds-largest-data-center-campus-after-years-of-lawsuits-2-100-acre-virginia-digital-gateway-project-dies-over-a-newspaper-notice-technicality?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a4bc0d5254f0da55deb5659)
- **Published:** 2026-07-06
- **Category:** AI & Bots
- **Tags:** #ai
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