Maryland Data Center Investment Tracker
Maryland carries 1 named site commitment, set against 22 projects blocked, delayed or restricted, 2 cancelled or blocked and 20 delayed or under moratorium, as of October 8, 2026.
Who is investing in data centers in Maryland?
Named data center sites in Maryland
Each row is one site-level commitment with its capital provider, the figure the source states, and the status the source gives it. Capital is shown as one compact figure; the verbatim wording is in the row's sources.
| Site | Capital provider | Place | Capital | MW | Status | Sources |
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Chesapeake campus (Morgantown generating station) FERC authorization 29 July 2026; disclosed 5 August 2026 |
TeraWulf | Morgantown, Charles County | n.a. | n.a. | announced |
Blocked, delayed or restricted in Maryland
Every project in Maryland on the atlas's capital-at-risk record: the action taken, who took it, and the announced capital affected. Restarts and reversals are recorded with the same weight as blocks.
| Project | Developer | Jurisdiction | Action | Capital | Sources |
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Landover project moratorium County moratorium September 2025; two-year moratorium adopted 8 July 2026 |
n.a. | Prince George's County, MD | 180-day moratorium led to regulations; two-year countywide hyperscale moratorium approved Jul 7, 2026 On 8 July 2026 the Prince George's County Council adopted a two-year moratorium on hyperscale data centers, sponsored by Council Chair Krystal Oriadha, with the proposed Landover Mall server farm conversion cited as the trigger. |
$5.0B | |
Anne Arundel County data center moratorium (Bill 63-26) moratorium Approved 7-0 on 5 October 2026; runs to 31 January 2028 or until comprehensive legislation is adopted |
n.a. | Anne Arundel County Council | On Monday 5 October 2026 the Anne Arundel County Council voted 7-0 to approve an amended Bill 63-26, a temporary moratorium on new data center development that runs until 31 January 2028 or until the county adopts comprehensive data center legislation, whichever comes first. The bill as introduced would have banned new privately operated data centers; the council amended it in September to a moratorium. Projects already in the development process, including future phases of existing data centers on adjacent or adjoining properties, can generally continue, and a county work group will recommend permanent rules. The bill also repeals a personal property tax assessment reduction for qualified data storage centers. |
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Baltimore County data center moratorium (extended through 2027) moratorium Original moratorium passed January 2026 (Bill 3-26); extended unanimously 22 September 2026 through 31 December 2027 |
n.a. | Baltimore County Council | The Baltimore County Council unanimously passed Bill 3-26 in January 2026, barring approval of development plans or zoning petitions for data centers until 1 January 2027 or 90 days after the Planning Board submits a required study report. On 22 September 2026 the council voted unanimously, with all seven members as sponsors, to extend the moratorium through 31 December 2027. An amendment to add battery storage facilities was withdrawn, with plans to introduce it as separate legislation. |
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Calvert County six-month data center site plan moratorium moratorium Passed 18 August 2026; effective 28 August 2026; six months; two-year extension to be advertised for a vote on 15 December 2026 (directed by consensus 22 September 2026) |
n.a. | Calvert County | The Calvert County Board of County Commissioners unanimously passed a six-month moratorium on site plan approvals for data center projects on 18 August 2026. It took effect 28 August 2026, and no data center site plan applications will be accepted during the period. The action followed the withdrawal of the Calvert Technology Center (AWS) proposal. On 22 September 2026 the commissioners, by consensus rather than a recorded vote, directed staff to advertise a two-year extension of the moratorium for a vote on 15 December 2026, to remove data centers as a permitted use in the zoning ordinance, and to rezone heavy industrial land, which requires a comprehensive plan amendment. No extension has been adopted; a public commenter noted the ordinance requires a public hearing before any extension. |
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Calvert Technology Center (AWS) withdrawn Withdrawn 4 August 2026 |
Amazon Data Services (AWS) | Calvert County | Amazon Data Services formally withdrew its Calvert Technology Center Conceptual Site Development Plan application on 4 August 2026, having submitted it in May 2026 for a campus near the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant at Lusby. The county confirmed Amazon has decided not to pursue the project. Amazon attributed the decision to development timelines, operational requirements and its ability to deliver for customers rather than to local opposition. The Board of County Commissioners held a hearing on 18 August 2026 on a temporary six-month moratorium on data center approvals. |
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Cambridge one-year data center moratorium moratorium Passed 24 August 2026; one year |
n.a. | Cambridge City Council (commissioners) | Cambridge commissioners unanimously passed a one-year moratorium on data centers on 24 August 2026. The resolution pauses processing, review and approval of any data center applications or permits while the city drafts zoning rules, and an amendment requires staff to produce draft recommendations within the 12 months. Data centers are not currently a defined use in the city's zoning code. |
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Caroline County one-year data center moratorium (unincorporated areas) moratorium Approved 21 July 2026; one year |
n.a. | Caroline County Commissioners | The Caroline County Commissioners approved a one-year moratorium on data centers in unincorporated areas of the county on 21 July 2026. The county attorney said it directs staff not to process applications or review site plans connected to data center approvals while the county studies safety, noise, energy and water impacts. The moratorium does not apply inside Federalsburg or other incorporated towns, where a separate data center proposal had drawn opposition. |
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Charles County Zoning Text Amendment 25-187 withdrawn Pulled 21 July 2026 |
n.a. (county-initiated amendment) | Charles County | ZTA 25-187 would have defined and permitted data centers under conditions in Charles County's industrial zones. The Planning Commission recommended against it twice, most recently after a 1 June 2026 hearing where opponents chanted no data centers. On 21 July 2026 the county commissioners reached consensus not to move forward and asked staff for a task force and outside consultant framework. Data centers remain a non-permitted use in the county. |
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Chesapeake Beach data center ban (all zones) moratorium Passed 20 August 2026 |
n.a. | Chesapeake Beach Town Council | The Chesapeake Beach Town Council voted 4-0 on 20 August 2026, with two members absent, to pass an ordinance amending the town code to prohibit data centers in all zones. A Calvert County environmental commission member told the council the ban was needed to protect the bay environment, while a councilman said the town's geography would not accommodate such a facility. The vote came days after Calvert County commissioners adopted a six-month data center moratorium. |
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Dorchester County one-year data center moratorium moratorium Passed the week before 10 August 2026 (reported 10 August 2026); one year |
n.a. | Dorchester County Council | The Dorchester County Council passed a resolution adopting a one-year moratorium on data centers, effective immediately, according to a Star Democrat report published 10 August 2026 that said the vote came the previous week. The moratorium applies only to unincorporated areas, and staff are to return in spring 2027 with findings and recommendations. The council also hired a lobbying firm and plans a stakeholder committee. |
n.a. | |
Federalsburg data center ban (Ordinance 2026-07) moratorium Three-year moratorium 3 August 2026; ban (Ordinance 2026-07) passed 9 September 2026; reported 10 September 2026 |
Wright Road LLC (prospective developer) | Federalsburg Town Council | The Federalsburg Town Council passed Ordinance 2026-07 banning data centers within town limits by a 4-0 vote, with the mayor absent. The council overrode a 3-2 Planning Commission recommendation against the ordinance as written. The council had passed a three-year data center moratorium on 3 August 2026 after a proposal tied to Wright Road LLC drew public outcry, and the ban is the first on Maryland's Eastern Shore. WBOC reported the ordinance passed on Wednesday 9 September 2026. |
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Frederick County data center application pause (Quantum Frederick expansion context) moratorium Court order 30 June 2026; opinion 28 July 2026; pause extended on 14 September 2026 to 1 July 2027 |
n.a. (county-wide action) | Frederick County | The Frederick County Council passed an ordinance in December 2025 expanding the Quantum Frederick campus by about 1,000 acres, and a citizen committee gathered over 21,000 signatures to put it to referendum. The Maryland Supreme Court blocked the referendum, and in a 28 July 2026 opinion held that zoning ordinances are not subject to referendum under the county charter. County Executive Jessica Fitzwater paused new applications for data centers and related substations through 31 December 2026, exempting projects approved before 17 June 2025 and those under construction. On Monday 14 September 2026 County Executive Jessica Fitzwater announced she had rejected a $110 million community benefits agreement proposed by Catellus Real Estate Development, after hearing concerns from residents. The offer included $30 million each for Carroll Manor Elementary School renovations and a new Adamstown park, $14.5 million for workforce development and $10 million for youth recreation. She also extended the pause on new data center applications, previously set to expire 31 December 2026, to 1 July 2027. |
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Globalinx cable landing station near Ocean City (Worcester County one-year moratorium) moratorium Advanced on a Tuesday (reported 7 July 2026); approved on a Tuesday (reported 22 July 2026); one year; related AWS cable text amendment tabled 1 October 2026 for 60 days |
Globalinx Data Centers | Worcester County Commissioners | The Worcester County Commissioners voted 6-0 on a Tuesday, reported 7 July 2026, to advance a one-year moratorium on cable landing stations and data centers while staff rewrite zoning rules, after a motion to prohibit data centers in every zoning district failed 2-4. The Baltimore Sun reported on 22 July 2026 that the county approved the one-year moratorium on a Tuesday, freezing the Globalinx proposal. On 2 June the county's permitting director had rejected Globalinx's request to classify the facility as a public utility, and Globalinx appealed to the Board of Zoning Appeals while also seeking a special exception. On Thursday 1 October 2026 the Worcester County Planning Commission tabled, for revisiting in 60 days, a zoning text amendment tied to an Amazon Web Services subsea cable between Ireland and the United States that would land at the Ocean City Airport. The amendment would allow a single building of no more than 1,200 square feet on a 3,500 square foot plot of county airport land, with no water or sewer connection and an equipment list distinguishing it from a data center or cable landing station, both of which are covered by the county moratorium. |
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Harford County data center ban (Bill 26-011) moratorium Passed 9 June 2026; permanent prohibition |
n.a. | Harford County | The Harford County Council voted 7-0 on 9 June 2026 to pass Bill 26-011, prohibiting data centers in all zoning districts. The Maryland Tech Council called the bill vague and legally dubious and warned of legal challenges. |
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Howard County data center moratorium (CB31-2026) moratorium Passed 1 June 2026; through 2 November 2027 |
n.a. | Howard County | The Howard County Council unanimously passed CB31, a moratorium on new data center development, on 1 June 2026, and created a task force to study impacts. The moratorium runs until 2 November 2027 or ends sooner if task force recommendations are adopted. |
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Hurlock three-year data center moratorium moratorium Approved 10 August 2026; three years |
n.a. | Hurlock Town Council | The Town of Hurlock approved a three-year moratorium on data centers at its 10 August 2026 council meeting. The measure was introduced by Council President Russell Murphy. The mayor said three years would give the town time to research impacts, monitor Dorchester County's work and decide how to proceed without needing extensions. |
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Montgomery County 18-month data center moratorium and hyperscale prohibition moratorium Approved 28 July 2026; 18 months |
n.a. | Montgomery County | The Montgomery County Council approved Expedited Bill 19-26, an 18-month moratorium on data center permits, on 28 July 2026. It also approved ZTA 26-01, which defines hyperscale data centers and prohibits them in the county for now, including pending applications and approved projects without building permits. The 18-month term was a compromise between six-month and two-year proposals. |
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Queen Anne's County 12-month data center moratorium moratorium Approved 4 June 2026; 12 months |
n.a. | Queen Anne's County | Queen Anne's County commissioners approved a 12-month temporary moratorium on data center applications on 4 June 2026, effective immediately. |
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Ridgely one-year data center moratorium moratorium Passed shortly before 11 August 2026 (reported 11 August 2026); one year |
n.a. | Ridgely Town Commissioners | Ridgely commissioners passed a one-year moratorium on data centers within town limits, according to a Star Democrat report published 11 August 2026. Commissioner Brad Sears proposed the pause so the town could research the effects of data centers. The action followed a data center proposal in nearby Federalsburg and similar pauses across the Mid-Shore. |
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Talbot County 12-month data center application moratorium moratorium Approved 8 September 2026; 12 months |
n.a. | Talbot County Council | The Talbot County Council unanimously approved a 12-month moratorium on new data center applications at its 8 September 2026 meeting while the county considers how to regulate the facilities. The resolution had been introduced 3-1 in August, with one council member voting not to introduce it and another absent. The county attorney described the measure as proactive because no developers were proposing data centers in the county. |
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Washington County 12-month data center moratorium (unincorporated areas) moratorium Approved 30 June 2026; effective immediately for 12 months unless modified or extended by majority vote |
n.a. | Washington County Board of County Commissioners | On 30 June 2026 the Washington County Board of County Commissioners approved a 12-month moratorium on the acceptance, processing, review and approval of applications, plans or requests for data centers, effective immediately, with Commissioner Neil Parrott the only vote against. Under state law it applies only to unincorporated areas, so Hagerstown and the eight incorporated towns may still consider data centers on their own. In a later county statement the commissioners said draft standards going to the Planning Commission include limiting data centers to Planned Industrial zoning by special exception, a 1,000-foot setback from homes, a 50 dBA noise cap at the property line, self-generated power with a possible ban on gas turbines, and water recycling plans. |
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Wicomico County data center moratorium moratorium Enacted August 2026 |
n.a. | Wicomico County | Wicomico County, Maryland, enacted a local data center moratorium or ban, recorded in SAVRN's moratorium tracker as dated August 2026. County Council unanimously imposed a 1-year moratorium on construction of data centers. The measure runs to 6 August 2027. |
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What governs a data center in Maryland
The policy layer for Maryland lives in three companion references: the Maryland Data Center Moratorium Tracker for every state measure and local moratorium on record, the Water Tracker for the water rules that touch a site, and the Grid Operator Watchlist for the large-load rules of the RTO or utility that decides whether it can energize.
Data centers in Maryland
The US Data Center Map identifies 48 facilities run by 20 operators in Maryland, each one placed from primary sources and listed by city and by operator, with this atlas record beside it.
Sources for Maryland
Every source cited on this page, once each. The full atlas source register is at Capital Atlas sources.
- sec.govSEC EDGAR (TeraWulf 8-K)
- investors.terawulf.comTeraWulf
- interconnectedcapital.comInterconnected Capital
- spotlightpa.orgSpotlight PA
- datacenterbans.comData Center Moratoriums (datacenterbans.com)
- wmar2news.comWMAR 2 News
- baltimoresun.comBaltimore Sun
- baltimoresun.comBaltimore Sun
- wbaltv.comWBAL-TV
- wmar2news.comWMAR
- wypr.orgWYPR
- thebanner.comThe Banner
- gunpowderriverkeeper.orgGunpowder Riverkeeper (advocacy group)
- calvertcountymd.govCalvert County Government
- somdnews.comSouthern Maryland News (Calvert Recorder)
- somdnews.comSouthern Maryland News
- southernmarylandchronicle.comSouthern Maryland Chronicle
- calvertcountymd.govCalvert County, MD
- marylandmatters.orgMaryland Matters
- datacenterdynamics.comDCD
- stardem.comStar Democrat: Cambridge enacts one-year moratorium on data centers
- stardem.comStar Democrat: Caroline County approves data center moratorium
- stardem.comStar Democrat: Ridgely passes one-year moratorium on data centers
- southernmarylandchronicle.comSouthern Maryland Chronicle
- somdnews.comSouthern Maryland News: Town council bans data centers
- thebaynet.comTheBayNet
- stardem.comStar Democrat: Dorchester County approves 1-year moratorium on data centers
- stardem.comThe Star Democrat
- wboc.comWBOC
- thedailyrecord.comThe Daily Record
- meritalkslg.comMeriTalk SLG
- wfmd.comWFMD, 15 September 2026
- yahoo.comBaltimore Sun via Yahoo News: Worcester County halts cable landing station, data center plans
- msn.comBaltimore Sun via MSN: Data centers spark moratorium rush on Maryland's Eastern Shore
- wmdt.comWMDT
- wmar2news.comWMAR 2 News
- bayjournal.comBay Journal
- baltimoresun.comThe Baltimore Sun
- ccanactionfund.orgCCAN Action Fund
- wmar2news.comWMAR 2 News
- stardem.comStar Democrat: Hurlock imposes three-year data center moratorium
- wmdt.comWMDT 47abc
- montgomerycountymd.govMontgomery County Council
- nbcwashington.comNBC4 Washington
- cbsnews.comCBS Baltimore
- talbotspy.orgTalbot Spy: Talbot County Council Highlights: Speed Cameras, Data Centers, and STRs
- stardem.comStar Democrat: Talbot County Council to consider 1-year data center moratorium
- washco-md.netWashington County, MD (county statement)
- dcnewsnow.comDC News Now
- baltimoresun.combaltimoresun.com
- spglobal.comS&P Global
- marylandmatters.orgMaryland Matters
- dimetrics.aiDimetrics
- mdbaynews.comMaryland Bay News
- wypr.orgWYPR
- wfmd.comWFMD
- wtop.comWTOP
- patch.comPatch
- baltimoresun.comBaltimore Sun (paywalled; headline and first sentence only)
- psc.state.md.usMaryland Public Service Commission, notice in PC 72, 25 June 2025
Every state, one page each
Figures beside each state are named sites and blocked, delayed or restricted projects.
Seven references, one system
Capital, delay, policy, water, grid, permits and scarcity are one system seen from seven sides. Each reference is primary-sourced, refreshed on a schedule, and links into the others, so a project can be followed from the money committed to the docket that stopped it.