Bans, pauses and new rules: Where Maryland counties stand on data centers
Maryland Governor Wes Moore is enacting new statewide rules for large data centers and seeking to end their tax breaks. This follows various Maryland counties having already implemented bans, pauses, or new restrictions on data center development, with some currently having a moratorium on new applications.
Maryland Governor Wes Moore is moving to establish new statewide regulations for large data centers and advocating for the termination of the industry's tax breaks. Concurrently, several counties across Maryland have already implemented their own measures concerning data center development.
These county-level actions include outright bans, temporary pauses on development, and the imposition of new restrictions. The article specifically notes that a "Moratorium on new applications" is the current stance in some areas, indicating that these temporary halts on development have been enacted at the county level. The debate over data center regulation is now also taking place at the state level with the Governor's initiatives.