Canton, Curtis Bay data center rules spark Baltimore debate

News Clip1:01WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore·Baltimore, Baltimore City County, MD·8/28/2026

Baltimore City officials held a packed and heated hearing to discuss proposed rules for data centers. The proposed language would allow data centers to be built in specific areas around Canton and Curtis Bay within the city.

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Baltimore City officials spent hours at a packed, and sometimes heated, hearing surrounding the future of big data centers in Baltimore. As Kate Amara explains, the proposed language would allow centers in the areas around Canton and Curtis Bay.