Data center executive order signed in Maryland
News Clip2:47WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore·MD·9/23/2026
Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed an executive order establishing guidelines for data center development across the state. This order creates an advisory task force to steer policy and a dashboard to track data center projects. The initiative aims to address concerns regarding transparency, environmental impacts, and the effects on the power grid.
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A state executive order establishes guidelines that companies must follow when building data centers in Maryland. Gov. Wes Moore on Wednesday signed an executive order that establishes an advisory task force to steer policy around data center growth and take steps to create a dashboard for tracking data center projects across the state. The governor said the executive order addresses concerns about transparency, environmental impacts and effects on the power grid.
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