City council to introduce data center text amendment

According to the video, the Frederick City Council is set to introduce a proposed text amendment on January 15th that would allow data centers to be built within the city. This proposal was submitted on December 11th by land use attorney Bruce Dean on behalf of a company called Traml Crowe. The proposed development would be for around 231 acres near the Monocacy River at two different sites. The video notes that there was an earlier attempt to develop data centers in Frederick that got tangled in ethics concerns involving the then-City Council President Kate Nash's job as an energy lobbyist. However, that previous proposal was ultimately withdrawn. The upcoming January 15th introduction of the new text amendment is described as being just a "read into the record" step, with no discussion or decision scheduled for that meeting.