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Organized opposition to US data center development has grown nearly sixfold since late 2025, and recent project collapses in Virginia suggest community acceptance is becoming a real site-selection variable alongside power and land.
Prince William County has rejected a second massive data center campus in days, signaling that local political approval has become as critical a site-selection factor as power and fiber availability.
QTS withdrew its Digital Gateway campus project in Virginia after years of litigation, signaling that permitting certainty and community opposition now rival power availability as make-or-break factors in AI data center development.
