Baltimore County Council pushes for extended pause on data centers
News ClipBaltimore Sun·Baltimore County, MD·9/2/2026
Baltimore County lawmakers are advocating to extend the county's data center moratorium for another year. This effort is underway despite the Planning Board not yet completing its report that is intended to guide the regulation of data center facilities.
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Gov: Baltimore County Council, Planning Board
Baltimore County lawmakers want to extend the county’s moratorium on data centers for another year, even as the Planning Board has yet to finalize the report that was supposed to help determine how the facilities should be regulated.