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Baltimore County Council will consider extending data center moratorium
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Fusion42 · 17 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Baltimore County Council is considering extending its data center moratorium by six months beyond January 2027, following a planning task force report recommending strict zoning rules, environmental safeguards, and restrictions on placement near homes and agricultural land. The move reflects a wave of data centre restrictions across Maryland counties.
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If you're building data centres in the Mid-Atlantic, Baltimore County just shut down the easiest jurisdictions and three other Maryland counties are following—you now need to find industrial land outside environmental justice areas and within existing footprints, or move your sites. The moratorium extension buys six more months of enforcement; use that time to identify which existing industrial parks will actually clear the 750-foot home-setback rule.
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