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Devlin Technology Park

Bristow, Prince William County, VA

Also known as Devlin Tech Park

ApprovedRezoning upheld by the Court of Appeals of Virginia in September 2025; Amazon Data Services bought the site in November 2025
  1. Rumored
  2. Proposed
  3. Approved
  4. Under construction
  5. Operating

Devlin Technology Park is a data center site of about 270 acres along Devlin Road in Bristow, zoned to allow up to 3.5 million square feet of data center space and up to three substations. The Prince William Board of County Supervisors approved the rezoning in November 2023 in a party-line vote, residents' legal challenge was dismissed in circuit court and the dismissal was affirmed on appeal in September 2025. Amazon Data Services bought the site from Stanley Martin Homes for $700 million, according to reports.

Site size
270 acres
approximate rezoned area

Key facts

Size & schedule

Site size270 acres [5]
approximate rezoned area
Source excerpt
“The Ordinance rezoned approximately 270 acres (the 'Property') to allow for the development of data centers and amended the Data Center Opportunity Zone Overlay District to include the Property within the Overlay District.”
Site size188.5 acres [4]
portion of the park bought by Amazon Data Services
Source excerpt
“Amazon Data Services has bought approximately 188.5 acres in Prince William County”
Floor area3.5 million sq ft [3]
maximum allowed by zoning
Source excerpt
“Devlin Tech Park, along Devlin Road south of Interstate 66 and north of Linton Hall Road, has been zoned to allow for up to 3.5 million square feet of data center space and up to three substations.”
Floor area4.2 million sq ft [6]
figure as described in reporting on the residents' lawsuit; differs from the 3.5 million sq ft zoning maximum reported elsewhere
Source excerpt
“4.2-million square feet of between seven to nine data centers”
Buildingsup to nine [2]
Source excerpt
“A plan to allow up to nine new data centers on about 270 acres along Devlin Road in Bristow will move forward after a judge dismissed on Thursday a lawsuit”
Stated investment$700 million [3]
reported land purchase price paid by Amazon, not a stated construction investment
Source excerpt
“Sources say the company bought the 270-acre site from Stanley Martin Homes for $700 million in a deal that closed late last month.”

Local decisions & site

Deciding votePrince William Board of County Supervisors approved rezoning 5-3 along party lines (November 2023) [1]
Source excerpt
“The vote was split along party lines with five Democrats voting yes to rezone the land and three Republicans voting no.”
ZoningRezoned to light industrial; added to the Data Center Opportunity Zone Overlay District [4]
Source excerpt
“Prince William County Board of Supervisors voted 5-3 to rezone the land in Devlin Technology Park to light industrial”

Figures are as stated by the cited source. Where sources disagree, each figure is shown.

Lawsuits

William Caparoula, et al. v. Board of County Supervisors of Prince William County, et al.decided [5]
Residents' challenge to the Devlin Technology Park rezoning was dismissed in circuit court in June 2024, and the Court of Appeals affirmed on September 16, 2025.
Court of Appeals of Virginia (Record No. 1137-24-4), on appeal from Prince William County Circuit Court
Source excerpt
“For these reasons, the circuit court's judgment is affirmed. Affirmed.”

Timeline

  1. Board of County Supervisors approves the rezoning in a lame-duck vote, over opposition from Bristow residents [2]

  2. Nearby residents file suit to overturn the rezoning [2]

  3. Prince William County Circuit Court dismisses the residents' lawsuit [2]

  4. Court of Appeals of Virginia affirms the circuit court judgment [5]

  5. Amazon Data Services closes purchase of land in the park from Stanley Martin Homes [4]

Issues raised

  • Residents said data centers are noisy, ugly and consume massive amounts of electricity [1]
  • Petitioners argued the rezoning wrongly accommodated an industrial use within a residential neighborhood near homes and schools [2]

Sources

  1. Prince William County leaders vote to approve controversial Devlin Technology Park data center project
    FOX 5 DC · Nov 29, 2023 · news
  2. Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging Bristow-area data center complex
    Prince William Times · Jun 6, 2024 · news
  3. Amazon pays $700m for planned data center site in Virginia's Prince William County – report
    Data Center Dynamics · Nov 5, 2025 · news
  4. Amazon buys 189 acres in Prince William tech park for $700M
    Virginia Business · Nov 18, 2025 · news
  5. William Caparoula, et al. v. Board of County Supervisors of Prince William County, et al., Record No. 1137-24-4 (memorandum opinion)
    Court of Appeals of Virginia · Sep 16, 2025 · court
  6. Prince William County, data center developer move to dismiss Devlin Technology Park suit
    InsideNoVa · Feb 6, 2024 · news