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AI Coalition Seeks To Create Standards For Data Centers In Face Of Growing Opposition

A coalition of private equity firms, AI companies, and unions has formed, hoping to establish standards for data centers and pave the way for their construction in several states.

International Business Times · Sep 28

2,100-acre data-centre project near a Civil War site abandoned after years of opposition

A major data-centre campus planned beside a historic Civil War battlefield in Virginia has been abandoned after years of community opposition and legal challenges. The Prince William Digital Gateway, proposed along Pageland Lane in Prince William County, would have brought up to 37 data-centre buildings to approximately 2,100 acres near…

The Times of India · Sep 17

Colorado’s Largest Data Center Could Rise Next to Homes — Without a Public Hearing

The proposed campus would consume 11 times the power of Denver International Airport; as it has across the country, opposition mounts.

Capital & Main · Sep 16

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

Blackstone-owned QTS has withdrawn its final appeal for Virginia’s 22-million-square-foot Digital Gateway campus, ending the massive data center project.

Tom’s Hardware · Jul 3

One of the biggest data center projects in the US found to be sucking up 29 million gallons of water over 15 months — and local residents only found out after complaining of low pressure, when they were initially told to stop watering their lawns

Fayette County declined to fine QTS after hidden water usage surfaced following complaints about weak residential water pressure locally.

TechRadar · May 15

Blackstone COO Jon Gray predicts ‘huge boom’ in blue-collar jobs—his own data center company is hiring 30,000 new roles

As AI threatens office jobs, Blackstone’s COO says it’s also creating thousands of high-paying trades jobs.

Fortune · May 14

America's data centers are thirsty. Rural towns are paying the price—from tanked water pressure to stolen desert groundwater

Residents in different states were curious why their water was being diverted to data centers instead of their homes in water-fraught communities.

Fortune · May 13

AI data center project secretly sucked 29 million gallons of water over 15 months before detected by residents complaining about low water pressure — officials refuse to fine builders of massive 6.2 million-square-foot facility over unauthorized water use

QTS says the extra 29 million gallons were consumed during temporary construction activities, including concrete work, dust control, and site preparation.

Tom’s Hardware · May 10

UK’s largest proposed datacentre ‘understating planned water use’

Analysis suggests consumption at Northumberland site could be 50 times higher than US operator QTS estimates

The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2025

Blackstone Continues To Expand Its Data Center Footprint On The Heels Of A $3.5 Billion Refinancing Deal

Blackstone (NYSE:BK) continues to expand its daat center footprint as artificial intelligence elevates demand for these buildings. Lenders also feel optimistic about data centers, based on Blackstone's being able to refinance 10 data centers owned by subsidiary QTS in a $3.5 billion deal, according to BisNow.

Benzinga · Nov 28, 2025