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Blackstone’s QTS scraps world’s largest data center campus after legal defeat

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Tom's Hardware ·

Blackstone-owned QTS abandoned its 22-million-square-foot Digital Gateway data center campus in Virginia after losing a legal battle over a newspaper notice technicality. The project, planned for 2,100 acres, would have been the world’s largest. QTS withdrew its final appeal, ending years of lawsuits.

Meridian48 take
The project’s collapse over a procedural misstep highlights how local opposition and regulatory hurdles can derail even the most ambitious tech infrastructure plans.
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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 →
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