The city of Frederick secured a $110 million community benefits agreement for a data center campus, though a Maryland Supreme Court ruling blocked a related referendum. It is reported; the record holds no sourced date for when it reached that stage.
How much power it needs, how much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.
How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.
Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How much power it needs | Not disclosed | |||
| How much water it would use | Not disclosed | |||
| How loud it would be | Not disclosed | |||
| Jobs once it runs | Not disclosed | |||
| Tax it would pay each year | Not disclosed |
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who is building it | Not disclosed | |||
| Who is constructing it | Not disclosed | |||
| How much land | Not disclosed | |||
| Where its power comes from | Not disclosed | |||
| Grid connection | Not disclosed | |||
| How it is cooled | Not disclosed |
The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.
The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.
Acts of Frederick County and Frederick about data centers, on the record with their source. A rule about the area is not a decision about this record.
| Date | Who | Decision | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick County | Frederick County has a temporary pause on new data center applications through December 31, 2026 | wfmd.com | |
| Frederick County | Catellus would provide 433 acres as a nature reserve | wfmd.com | |
| Frederick County | Catellus would cut potable water use by 80 percent | wfmd.com | |
| Frederick County | Catellus would reduce planned data center development by nearly 20 percent | wfmd.com | |
| Frederick County | Frederick County Planning Commission scheduled public hearings for two conditional use permit applications for data center campuses, including one for a 71.85 acre facility. | facebook.com | |
| Frederick County | Frederick County Planning Commission unanimously recommended denial of a conditional use permit for Winchester Gateway, a nearly 72 acre data center campus in the Kernstown area. | facebook.com |
| Date | Who | Decision | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick County | Frederick County Council voted to expand the data center zoning area surrounding Quantum Frederick to about 2,600 acres | marylandmatters.org | |
| Frederick County | Frederick County Executive Jessica Fitzwater signed an order pausing new data center permitting until the end of the year | marylandmatters.org | |
| Frederick County | Residents fear Frederick County will become the new data center alley | cnsmaryland.org |
No dated entry is on the record yet.
· the kind of source of a history entry
The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
· the kind of source of a history entry
The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
· the kind of source of a history entry
The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
· the draft of a status history row
Published on a project that was still a draft skeleton and still short of the record's skeleton minimum rule; returned to draft on 2026-09-17 pending the project meeting the rule or a person's approval. The old and new text.
· the draft of a status history row
Published on a project that was still a draft skeleton and still short of the record's skeleton minimum rule; returned to draft on 2026-09-17 pending the project meeting the rule or a person's approval. The old and new text.
Every correction on the record is on the corrections page.
School board recommended long term air quality monitoring, ongoing environmental noise studies and evaluating cumulative emissions from the campus
Residents concerned about contaminated dirt at Eastalco brownfield site, diesel generator pollution, noise, light, stormwater, water consumption, and impact on rural character
Every statement about data centers in Maryland, by speaker
Dean Rose, President of Frederick County School Board, and community members
Community listening session at Carroll Manor Elementary on July 13 was attended by school board and about 100 members of the public who raised concerns about excessive noise and diesel generator pollution
President of Frederick County School Board, and Rae Gallagher, Vice President
Frederick County school board President Dean Rose and Vice President Rae Gallagher called for permanent buffer around Carroll Manor Elementary School in letter to county and state officials
Where in Frederick County is not in the public record. The pin marks the county seat, not a building, and the outline is the county.
Tap a pin for the data center, the parcel for its record
The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.
Not disclosed. No source on file names the developer. The sources read for this record are listed under Sources.
Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
It is reported; the date it reached that stage is not sourced, only the day a page was read. No dated entry is on the record yet.
Frederick County: Frederick County has a temporary pause on new data center applications through December 31, 2026 (reported September 3, 2026, source); and Frederick County: Catellus would provide 433 acres as a nature reserve (reported September 3, 2026, source). 9 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.
4 sources on file.
Data Center Record, "Frederick Data Center Campus", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/frederick-data-center-campus-md, last verified September 17, 2026.
Data Center Record, "Frederick Data Center Campus", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/frederick-data-center-campus-md. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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