Blackstone's QTS abandons plans to build its portion of a 2,100-acre data center campus in Virginia, following years of local opposition and legal challenges (Dawn Lim/Bloomberg)

Dawn Lim / Bloomberg : Blackstone's QTS abandons plans to build its portion of a 2,100-acre data center campus in Virginia, following years of local opposition and legal challenges — Blackstone Inc.'s QTS is walking away from plans to build its portion of a 2,100-acre data center campus in Virginia …

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