Has QTS Manassas 1 had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for QTS Manassas 1.

Where is QTS Manassas 1 located?

QTS Manassas 1 is in Prince William County, VA.

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QTS Manassas 1

Q: What do data center tax breaks cost in Virginia?

Virginia reported $1B in Data Center Retail Sales and Use Tax Exemption (Va. Code § 58.1-609.3(18)) for FY2024 (Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) / Weldon Cooper Center). That is a statewide program figure, not attributable to one site.

Prince William County, VA

Source: Primary source

QTS Manassas 1 is a permitted data center in Prince William County, VA. DataCentersExposed has documented a 1,356,387 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Aug 29, 2026

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supporters

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Your action kit

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Water

~538,340 gallons/day — about 1,794 households' worth.

Evaporative cooling can consume drinking water in volumes that strain local supply, especially in drought. Ask whether closed-loop / non-potable cooling is required.

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Process

Demand a full, public review — not a rubber stamp.

Ask for an independent noise study, a water-and-power impact assessment, enforceable conditions (setbacks, hours, cooling type), and that the record stays open for written comment. Procedural shortcuts have voided approvals elsewhere.

Public comment (editable)

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Records / FOIA request

Public Records Request

To the records custodian for Prince William County, VA,

Under the applicable public-records law, I request copies of the following records concerning the data-center project known as "QTS Manassas 1":

1. The complete application, including any rezoning, special-use/conditional-use permit, or site-plan submissions and all exhibits.
2. All staff reports, analyses, and recommendations.
3. Any traffic, noise, water-use, stormwater, or utility/load studies submitted or commissioned.
4. Any development agreement, proffers, or tax-incentive/abatement agreements and their term sheets.
5. All correspondence between the applicant (or its agents) and county/city staff or elected officials regarding this project.
6. Notices of public hearings and proof of required public notice.

I request these in electronic form where available. If any portion is withheld, please cite the specific exemption. If fees will exceed $25, please contact me first.

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[Your name]
[Your email / address]

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Neighbors taking a stand

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Real parent

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Operator

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Est. capacity

~270-550 MW

Footprint

1,356,387 sq ft

Water

538.3K gpd

Utility

Northern Virginia Elec Coop

Grid

PJM

Attribution & capacity confidence:highprimary source

Overview

source: link

Data-center campus in Prince William County, Virginia (status: permitted). Case(s): REZ1980-0030. Source: PWC County Mapper Data Center Campuses layer.

Grid & water — why here

source: HIFLD · EPA

Nearest substation

0.2 mi

Unknown175913 · 230 kV

Transmission line

0.2 mi

230 kV line

Municipal water

No service area

self-supplied or unmapped

The closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.

In the news

source: Google News

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

Statewide cost of this incentive

Virginia reported $1B in Data Center Retail Sales and Use Tax Exemption (Va. Code § 58.1-609.3(18)) for FY2024 (Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) / Weldon Cooper Center). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.

source · All Virginia subsidies →

Water use

Reported withdrawal538.3K gpd
2024 · surface · reported as “MANASSAS PLANT” · source

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

What this site costs the grid

source: PJM RPM auction reports

Dominion (Virginia / NC) · 2027/28 auction

$333 /MW-day

Peaked at $444/MW-day in 2025/26 — 1.65× the rest of PJM

PJM's capacity auction sets a $/MW-day price that utilities pass on to every household and business in the zone. This site sits in PJM's DOM pricing zone, where soaring data-center demand is a documented driver. See the full zone-by-zone breakdown →

This site's capacity-market cost (estimated)

$32.8M to $66.8M/yr

An estimated ~270 to 550 MW of load at the zone's $333/MW-day, annualized — the capacity charge a load this size carries at the current auction price. Estimated from the building footprint at 200 to 400 W/ft² (the typical range for modern data centers). A rough order-of-magnitude figure, not a metered or permitted capacity.

Separately, a typical home in this zone pays an estimated $4 to $10/mo more on the capacity portion of its bill that PJM's market monitor attributes to data-center demand. See your address's full impact →

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Unity Reed High in Manassas, is 0.9 mi from this site (2,316 students).

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.

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