City Council president wants data center moratorium

Name: City Council president wants data center moratorium
Uploaded: 2026-03-23T21:48:55.000Z
Duration: 2 min 38 s
Description: Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen is proposing a yearlong moratorium on data center development within the city's jurisdiction. He states that he does not want data centers to add to residents' utility bill burdens, especially when people are already struggling to pay. Cohen seeks to have data centers absorb the risk rather than passing it on to city residents.

News Clip2:38WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore·Baltimore, Baltimore City County, MD·3/23/2026

Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen is proposing a yearlong moratorium on data center development within the city's jurisdiction. He states that he does not want data centers to add to residents' utility bill burdens, especially when people are already struggling to pay. Cohen seeks to have data centers absorb the risk rather than passing it on to city residents.

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Gov: Baltimore City Council

Baltimore City's council president wants to impose a yearlong moratorium on data center development in the jurisdiction. City Council President Zeke Cohen said that at a time when people are struggling to pay their utility bills, he doesn't want to see data centers add to that burden. Cohen wants to see data centers absorb the risk, not pass it to city residents.

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