Montgomery County pauses data center permits
News Clip4:16Everything Frederick LIVE!·Montgomery County, MD·6/16/2026
Montgomery County, Maryland has paused data center permits. This action reflects growing pressure and land-use battles related to development in the region. The pause is part of a broader news roundup covering various local and national topics.
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A packed day of land-use battles, immigration politics, data center pressure, election money, and tech policy. In this Good Morning Frederick roundup, Frederick County gets ready for a new industrial-land fight over IW2, Maryland candidates split over the ICE cooperation ban, Montgomery County pauses data center permits, congressional primaries get flooded with self-funded campaign cash, and the UK moves to ban major social media apps for kids under 16. Growth, government power, big money, and digital-age politics all collided in one loaded news cycle.