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Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott has signed a one-year moratorium on new data center development, specifically blocking facilities using 10 megawatts or more of electricity. This pause allows city officials to study the impacts on the local energy grid and infrastructure while awaiting a comprehensive statewide report on data center development.
Johns Hopkins University is proceeding with a $192 million data center at its Bayview campus in Baltimore, Maryland. The Maryland Board of Public Works approved over $9 million in state funding for the project, which will expand computing capacity for advanced research.
Johns Hopkins University secured a $9 million state grant to expand its Maryland Advanced Research Computing Center in East Baltimore. This approval occurs as the Baltimore City Council considers a one-year moratorium on data centers drawing over 10 megawatts, a threshold the Hopkins project is expected to remain below. The moratorium aims to study impacts and develop conditional use standards for future data center development in the city.
A bill proposing a one-year moratorium on data center construction in Baltimore has advanced from committee to the full City Council. Concerns include utility bills, climate impact, and strain on the electrical grid, while an investigation into a BGE transmission line project is also underway. Johns Hopkins University received a grant to move forward with a new data center project on its Bay View campus, which is exempt from the proposed moratorium.
Johns Hopkins University is proceeding with a $192 million expansion of its data center at the Bayview campus, securing $9.04 million in state funding. Simultaneously, the Baltimore City Council is debating a proposed moratorium on new data center construction over 10 megawatts, facing opposition from residents and environmental groups concerned about climate goals and the electrical grid.
Baltimore lawmakers are debating a proposed moratorium on new data centers within the city. The current proposal includes a loophole that would allow certain projects, such as one by Johns Hopkins University, to move forward despite the temporary halt.
Johns Hopkins University is planning to construct a new data center project at its Bayview campus. The university is investing $196 million into this new facility.