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Editorials & Opinion Pieces:

·         Around Prince William: Are data centers really progress? | Headlines | insidenova.com – 12/25/21

·         Letter: Digital Gateway a get-rich-quick scheme | Opinion | insidenova.com – 2/1/22

·         Around Prince William: Don’t pave over our paradise | Headlines | insidenova.com – 3/8/22

·         Letter: Prince William residents should be concerned | Opinion | insidenova.com – 3/16/22

·         Letter: Developers shouldn’t drive data center decisions | Opinion | insidenova.com – 4/13/22

·         Letter: Environmental assessment needed for PW Digital Gateway | Opinion | insidenova.com – 4/21/22

·         Editorial: Picture this for Prince William | Opinion | insidenova.com – 7/29/22

·         Letter: PW Digital Gateway report sows chaos, not planning | Opinion | insidenova.com – 8/8/22

·         Letter: Prince William County’s legacy hangs in the balance at data center hearing | Opinion | insidenova.com – 9/11/22

·         Editorial: Nothing less than Prince William County’s future at stake | Headlines | insidenova.com – 9/18/22

·         Letter: Exactly how was Digital Gateway ‘confusion’ cleared up? | Opinion | insidenova.com - 10/17/22

·         Why is Northern Virginia the world’s data center capital? | Headlines | insidenova.com – 10/26/22

·         Guest opinion: Yes, Virginia, we have a data center problem | Opinion | insidenova.com – 1/13/23

Around Prince William: The hunt for candidates who will listen | news/prince william | insidenova.com - 2/5/23

Letter: The board’s ‘Top 10’ priorities for Prince William | Opinion | insidenova.com - 3/2/23

Around Prince William: Speaking up is never wrong | news/prince william | insidenova.com - 3/5/23

Letter: Data centers need to be in industrial areas | Opinion | insidenova.com -3/8/23

Elective Campaigns:

·         Primary challenge launched against Potomac supervisor | Politics | insidenova.com – 8/12/22

·         Campaign cash flowing ahead of Prince William's 2023 elections | Headlines | insidenova.com – 8/15/22

·         Haymarket Town Councilor running for Board of County Supervisors | Headlines | insidenova.com – 12/12/22

·         Guzman announces primary challenge to state Sen. McPike | Headlines | insidenova.com – 12/13/22

·         Republicans set Gainesville District nominating meeting for Jan. 4 | Headlines | insidenova.com – 12/20/22

·         Special election set for Prince William County's Gainesville District; GOP nomination moved up | Headlines | insidenova.com – 12/28/22

·         Democrat joins race for Gainesville District seat | Headlines | insidenova.com – 12/28/22

·         Weir wins GOP nomination for vacant seat on Prince William Board of County Supervisors | Headlines | insidenova.com – 1/3/23

·         Communications professional announces Democratic primary challenge to Prince William County board chair | Headlines | insidenova.com – 1/5/23

·         Wheeler seeking reelection as Prince William County board chair | Headlines | insidenova.com – 1/7/23

·         Hylton football coach to challenge Angry in Prince William's Neabsco District | Prince William | insidenova.com – 1/17/23

Developers focus largesse on Prince William County Democrats | Headlines | insidenova.com - 2/2/23

Weir prevails in Gainesville special election | Headlines | insidenova.com - 2/21/23

Second Republican launches bid for Prince William County chair | Prince William | insidenova.com - 3/27/23

Prince William County Republican Party officials denounce GOP primary candidate Knarr | Headlines | insidenova.com - 4/7/23

Electrical Power:

·         Dominion Energy announces it will delay Blackwell Substation Project, suggests transmission line may not be necessary | Headlines | insidenova.com – 9/12/22

·         Amazon says it will fund construction of distribution lines, but questions remain for Warrenton officials | Business | insidenova.com – 10/28/22

Finance & Taxes:

·         Proposal to hike data center taxes faces opposition from Prince William business leaders | Prince William | insidenova.com – 3/30/18

·         Prince William County taxes likely to go up again | Headlines | insidenova.com – 2/16/22

Historical & Cultural:

·         Battlefield: Pageland data centers would have 'negative impact' on historic resources | Headlines | insidenova.com – 12/14/21

·         Ken Burns pens letter opposing western Prince William data centers on ‘hallowed ground’ | Headlines | insidenova.com – 1/10/22

·         The Third Battle of Manassas: Historic battlefield lands on endangered list | Headlines | insidenova.com – 5/11/22

·         Staff: Stronger regulations needed for PW Digital Gateway | Headlines | insidenova.com - 7/14/22

·         Historical Commission opposes PW Digital Gateway | Headlines | insidenova.com – 10/6/22

·         Prince William County's social justice commission opposes Digital Gateway | Headlines | insidenova.com – 10/27/22

Land Use:

·         Chamber touts positive impacts of data centers on Prince William County | Headlines | insidenova.com – 3/4/21

·         Rural Crescent debate heats up | Headlines | insidenova.com – 4/5/21

·         Prince William board set to consider study of sewer service in rural area | Headlines | insidenova.com – 5/13/21

·         Amazon buys 58 acres in Gainesville for nearly $88 million | Headlines | insidenova.com – 6/7/22

·         Rural Crescent debate back before Prince William board next week | Headlines | insidenova.com – 7/10/21

·         Prince William supervisors move toward rural area changes | Headlines | insidenova.com – 7/14/21

·         Data centers could be coming to Pageland | Headlines | insidenova.com – 7/21/21

·         'Massive' data center complex proposed in Gainesville | Headlines | insidenova.com – 7/22/21

·         Data center proposals rolling in to Prince William County | Headlines | insidenova.com – 9/14/21

·         Developer proposes data center in eastern Prince William County | Headlines | insidenova.com – 2/4/22

·         Prince William planners propose easing land-use policies, including in rural crescent | Headlines | insidenova.com – 2/8/22

·         Data centers eyed near Bristow schools | Headlines | insidenova.com – 4/3/22

·         Data center mapped out for 34 acres in Manassas | Headlines | insidenova.com – 4/21/22

·         Nokesville family asks county to designate farmland for data centers | Headlines | insidenova.com – 5/6/22

·         Amazon files application to build data center in Warrenton | Headlines | insidenova.com – 6/7/22

·         Prince William County to reach data center capacity by 2035 | Headlines | insidenova.com - 6/9/22

·         Developer considering distribution or data center off Balls Ford Road | Headlines | insidenova.com – 6/26/22

·         Amazon plans 900,000-square-foot data center campus in Bristow | Headlines | insidenova.com – 8/22/22

·         Ashburn group developing 21 acres near Dumfries | Headlines | insidenova.com – 10/10/22

·         Stack Infrastructure finalizes 1.8M square feet in Bristow | Headlines | insidenova.com – 12/23/22

Legal Challenges:

·         Prince William board's legal fees won't be reimbursed in FOIA case | Headlines | insidenova.com – 6/4/21

·         PW Digital Gateway suit by QTS sheds light on origins of project | Headlines | insidenova.com – 10/14/22

·         UPDATED: Citizens file lawsuit against Prince William County chair, supervisors over Digital Gateway vote | Headlines | insidenova.com – 12/2/22

·         Lawsuits filed over PW Digital Gateway approval | Headlines | insidenova.com – 12/8/22

Legislation:

·         State legislation would block PW Digital Gateway | | insidenova.com – 1/21/23

·         Roem introduces sunshine bills to streamline Virginia public records process | Headlines | insidenova.com – 1/31/23

Final Virginia data center legislation defeated | Headlines | insidenova.com - 2/14/23

Noise:

·         Cutting through the noise: Prince William County to review code | Headlines | insidenova.com – 9/6/22

·         Prince William County backs noise study for Amazon data center | Headlines | insidenova.com – 10/13/22

Planning /Process:

·         Prince William planners give their approval for data center near Haymarket | Headlines | insidenova.com – 4/23/21

·         Prince William supervisors to consider change to data center development policy | Headlines | insidenova.com – 5/17/21

·         Prince William County will study expanding data center area | Headlines | insidenova.com – 5/19/21

·         UPDATED: Planners recommend approval of western Prince William data center | Headlines | insidenova.com – 6/2/21

·         Prince William supervisors to consider data center near Gainesville | Headlines | insidenova.com – 9/5/21

·         Data center approved near Gainesville | Headlines | insidenova.com - 9/9/21

·         Planners support Linton Hall data center proposal | Headlines | insidenova.com – 9/17/21

·         Prince William County planning director, two commissioners depart | Headlines | insidenova.com – 10/28/21

·         Planners hit pause on data center project in Gainesville | Headlines | insidenova.com – 11/11/21

·         Prince William supervisors approve data center project along I-66 | Headlines | insidenova.com – 12/8/21

·         UPDATED: Supervisors vote to move forward with data center 'listening sessions' despite COVID concerns | Headlines | insidenova.com – 1/18/22

·         Planning commission's tie vote moves Gainesville data center proposal forward | Headlines | insidenova.com – 1/27/22

·         Data center backers try to address concerns | Headlines | insidenova.com – 1/20/22

·         Prince William's virtual data center hearing draws complaints, opponents | Headlines | insidenova.com – 1/22/22

·         Hundreds sign up for PW Digital Gateway hearing; deadline to speak tomorrow | Headlines | insidenova.com – 1/25/22

·         Another proposed data center project in Gainesville gets a second look | Headlines | insidenova.com – 1/26/22

·         Prince William planners try to ease rural area concerns | Headlines | insidenova.com – 2/21/22

·         First rezoning application filed in PW Digital Gateway proposal | Headlines | insidenova.com – 3/2/22

·         First Pageland Lane data center plan: 7,900,000 square feet | Headlines | insidenova.com – 3/14/22

·         Prince William County considering allowing public sewer lines ‘virtually anywhere’ | Headlines | insidenova.com – 5/16/22

·         Another day, another data center proposal in Prince William County | Headlines | insidenova.com – 5/23/22

·         Prince William board advances Bristow data center project | Headlines | insidenova.com – 5/26/22

·         Prince William staff report calls for stronger regulations for Digital Gateway data center project | Headlines | insidenova.com – 7/8/22

·         Gainesville data center wants to build higher | Headlines | insidenova.com – 7/18/22

·         Prince William County Planning Commission digs into PW Digital Gateway data center proposal | Headlines | insidenova.com – 7/23/22

·         Warrenton commissioners grill Amazon counsel over proposed data center, Dominion power station | Business | insidenova.com – 7/28/22

·         Prince William County Planning Commission approves data center between Manassas and Gainesville | Headlines | insidenova.com – 8/1/22

·         Public hearing scheduled for controversial PW Digital Gateway proposal | Headlines | insidenova.com – 8/24/22

·         Prince William supervisors mull changes to public comment | Headlines | insidenova.com – 9/2/22

·         Prince William County planners recommend approval of PW Digital Gateway | Headlines | insidenova.com – 9/6/22

·         Two more data centers up for public hearings in Prince William County | Headlines | insidenova.com – 9/12/22

·         Hundreds on hand in Prince William County for initial public hearing on Digital Gateway data center campus | Headlines | insidenova.com – 9/14/22

·         Devlin data center hearing delayed in Prince William; Digital Gateway session set for Wednesday | Headlines | insidenova.com – 9/14/22

·         Shortly after 5 a.m., Prince William County Planning Commission recommends approval for PW Digital Gateway data centers | Headlines | insidenova.com – 9/15/22

·         Prince William County board schedules final public hearing on PW Digital Gateway | Headlines | insidenova.com – 9/16/22

·         Prince William staffers update draft 2040 comp plan | Headlines | insidenova.com – 9/16/22

·         Balloon test finds Amazon data center may be visible to some Warrenton residents | Headlines | insidenova.com – 9/16/22

·         John Marshall Commons data center hearing delayed in Prince William County | Headlines | insidenova.com – 9/20/22

·         Late changes included in Digital Gateway vote | Headlines | insidenova.com – 9/22/22

·         Prince William County chair delays final PW Digital Gateway public hearing | Headlines | insidenova.com – 9/22/22

·         Work session on proposed Amazon data center in Warrenton delayed indefinitely | Headlines | insidenova.com – 9/25/22

·         Prince William Planning Commission opposes increased rural density | Headlines | insidenova.com – 10/10/22

·         Final PW Digital Gateway hearing set for Nov. 1 | Headlines | insidenova.com – 10/20/22

·         Decision day arrives for PW Digital Gateway data center project in Prince William County | Headlines | insidenova.com – 11/1/22

·         UPDATED: PW Digital Gateway meeting stretches into Wednesday morning | Headlines | insidenova.com – 11/1/22

·         After historic 14-hour meeting, supervisors approve PW Digital Gateway plan | Headlines | insidenova.com – 11/2/22

·         Warrenton Planning Commission to hold public hearing, possible vote on Amazon data center Nov. 15 | Business | insidenova.com – 11/11/22

·         Prince William Planning Commission advances Comprehensive Plan update | Headlines | insidenova.com – 11/17/22

·         Second rezoning application filed for Prince William’s Digital Gateway | Headlines | insidenova.com – 12/5/22

·         More, bigger data centers on the way? | Headlines | insidenova.com – 12/5/22

·         Prince William County supervisors to vote this week on new 20-year Comprehensive Plan | Prince William | insidenova.com – 12/12/22

·         Proposed Amazon data center near Manassas Mall hits snag | Headlines | insidenova.com – 12/12/22

·         Prince William supervisors approve new Comprehensive Plan | Headlines | insidenova.com – 12/15/22

·         Amazon's data center proposal for Warrenton: How we got here | Business | insidenova.com – 1/9/23

·         Changes upcoming for public comment at Prince William board meetings? | Headlines | insidenova.com – 1/12/23

Devlin Technology Park hearing set for Tuesday | Headlines | insidenova.com - 2/2/23

Two leading Prince William County planners resign | Headlines | insidenova.com - 2/20/23

Pay hikes, tax rate cut included in Prince William County executive’s proposed budget | Prince William | insidenova.com - 3/1/23

UPDATE: Deputy Prince William County executive resigns; third high-level planner to depart this year | Headlines | insidenova.com - 3/29/23

Public Opposition:

·         Windfall or eyesore? Pageland data center plan is a new front in rural area fight | Headlines | insidenova.com – 12/13/21

·         Bipartisan opposition to Pageland data center plan emerges at Heritage Hunt meeting | Headlines | insidenova.com – 12/16/21

·         Data center proposal pits Pageland residents against neighbors | Headlines | insidenova.com - 1/10/22

·         Hundreds sign up for PW Digital Gateway hearing; deadline to speak tomorrow | Headlines | insidenova.com – 1/25/22

·         Officials get an earful at PW Digital Gateway listening session | Headlines | insidenova.com – 1/28/22

·         Rep. Jennifer Wexton joins other lawmakers in opposing Pageland data centers | Headlines | insidenova.com – 2/1/22

·         Virtual PW Digital Gateway session draws 36 speakers, most opposed | Headlines | insidenova.com – 2/7/22

·         Loudoun cool to data center expansion near Pageland Lane proposal | Headlines | insidenova.com – 2/17/22

·         Protesters rally outside data center developer's Manassas office | Headlines | insidenova.com – 2/25/22

·         Fauquier residents to host town hall in protest of Amazon data center, Dominion substation | Business | insidenova.com – 8/2/22

·         Supervisor Lawson calls for delaying PW Digital Gateway vote | Headlines | insidenova.com – 10/28/22

Recalls & Malfeasance:

·         'No choice" Gainesville supervisor joins neighbors in asking for data-center amendment | Headlines | insidenova.com – 11/8/21

·         Prince William Supervisor Pete Candland refutes allegations of duplicity | Headlines | insidenova.com – 1/12/22

·         Recall effort launched against Prince William Supervisor Pete Candland over controversial data center proposal | Prince William | insidenova.com – 6/28/22

·         Coalition launches recall effort for Prince William County Board Chair Wheeler | Headlines | insidenova.com – 7/12/22

·         Prince William County supervisor facing lawsuit over social media activity | Headlines | insidenova.com – 7/23/22

·         Board Chair Chris Granger resigns due to concerns over potential conflict of interests | Business | insidenova.com – 8/5/22

·         Prince William County Supervisor Candland announces resignation | Headlines | insidenova.com – 12/10/22

·         Effort to recall Prince William County board chair approaches signature threshold | Headlines | insidenova.com – 12/13/22

·         Citizens for Fauquier County files lawsuit against Warrenton over Amazon-related records request | Headlines | insidenova.com – 12/28/22

Prince William County signed 11 NDAs last year, seven of them with data center developers | Headlines | insidenova.com - 2/27/23

Water & Environmental:

·         Data center opponents worry about Quantico Creek | Headlines | insidenova.com – 3/10/22

·         PW Digital Gateway water concerns acknowledged | Headlines | insidenova.com – 4/6/22

·         Report: Data centers will increase stormwater runoff in Prince William County | Headlines | insidenova.com – 5/12/22

·         Prince William supervisors to discuss water quality in Tuesday work session | Headlines | insidenova.com – 6/6/22

·         Prince William County questions report on data centers’ impact | Headlines | insidenova.com – 6/12/22

·         Prince William officials discuss data center impact on water quality | Headlines | insidenova.com – 7/9/22

·         Supervisors approve study of Occoquan watershed | Headlines | insidenova.com – 8/3/22

        Data center-fueled power grid issues spark proposed rules adjustment | Headlines | insidenova.com -3/2/23