Data centers in Frederick County, Md., draw local concerns

Name: Data centers in Frederick County, Md., draw local concerns
Uploaded: 2026-06-03T21:45:37.000Z
Duration: 2 min 37 s
Description: Frederick County, Maryland, is experiencing a boom in planned hyperscale data centers, leading to local concerns about the area resembling 'data center alley' in Loudoun County, Virginia. Following a Frederick County Council vote to expand the data center development zone by 1,000 acres, local pushback has intensified, with a resident committee actively campaigning for a public vote on the issue.

News Clip2:37Capital News Service·Frederick County, MD·6/3/2026

Frederick County, Maryland, is experiencing a boom in planned hyperscale data centers, leading to local concerns about the area resembling 'data center alley' in Loudoun County, Virginia. Following a Frederick County Council vote to expand the data center development zone by 1,000 acres, local pushback has intensified, with a resident committee actively campaigning for a public vote on the issue.

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Gov: Frederick County Council

Frederick has more planned hyperscale data centers than any other county in Maryland, according to an industry-created dataset. These facilities are prompting local concerns that the area will soon resemble “data center alley” in nearby Loudon County, Va.

Local pushback grew in December when the Frederick County Council voted to expand the zone designated for data center development by another 1,000 acres. Resident Steve Black is the chair of a committee pushing for a public vote on the matter.

Full story coming soon on cnsmaryland.org.

✍️: Reporting by Olivia Borgula
🎥: Filming and editing by Emely Miranda-Aguilar

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