BATTLE LINES: For decades, advocates have defended Manassas National Battlefield Park from one threat after another. Now with the specter of a massive data center project looming, they may be facing their biggest fight yet.

While opponents question this accounting, it's still a far cry from the thousands of jobs Disney promised in the '90s.) One of the central issues with data centers, in the view of John Hennessy, the retired chief historian of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park and an authority on Manassas history, is the lack of third-party, empirical analysis of the industry's long-term impact. BATTLE LINES: For decades, advocates have defended Manassas National Battlefield Park from one threat after another. Past is Prologue Ann Bennett, land use chair for the Sierra Club's Great Falls chapter, calls this recent data center proposal the "fifth battle of Manassas." Now with the specter of a massive data center project looming, they may be facing their biggest fight yet. [Extracted from the article]