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Data centers in District of Columbia, District of Columbia

No data center in District of Columbia is on the record. The nearest one planned is Lerner Enterprises Landover Mall Data Center Campus Proposal in Maryland, 8 miles away, proposed. The nearest running is CoreSite Washington DC1 Data Center, 1 mile away. The nearest stalled or cancelled is Amazon Web Services Calvert Cliffs Data Center Proposal in Lusby, Maryland, 45 miles away, cancelled.

No county rule about data centers is on the record for District of Columbia itself; Washington, inside it, decides new data centers one at a time. The latest decision on the record: In Washington, District of Columbia (DC), Washington City Council and local residents debated municipal data center siting, utility infrastructure load, water consumption, and zoning rules during the June 15, 2026 session (Washington).

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The closest data centers to District of Columbia

The nearest data center planned, the nearest running, and any stalled or cancelled within 50 miles, in District of Columbia and the states that border it. Each distance is a straight line between the two points it names.

  1. Nearest one planned

    Proposed

    Lerner Enterprises Landover Mall Data Center Campus Proposal

    Landover, Prince George's County · Lerner Enterprises

    Latest, May 28, 2026: Lerner Enterprises proposed a $5 billion, 4 million square foot data center at the former Landover Mall site in Prince George's County.

    8 miles from the center of District of Columbia to the site.

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  2. Nearest one running

    Running

    CoreSite Washington DC1 Data Center

    Washington, District of Columbia · CoreSite

    No dated entry on the record yet.

    1 mile from the center of District of Columbia to the site.

  3. Nearest one stalled or cancelled

    Cancelled

    Amazon Web Services Calvert Cliffs Data Center Proposal

    Lusby, Calvert County · Amazon Web Services

    Latest, reported September 2, 2026: Amazon Web Services is developing more than 777,000 square feet of data center space across four buildings at Quantum Frederick campus near Adamstown

    45 miles from the center of District of Columbia to the site.

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What District of Columbia has decided 1 body, 1 decision on the record

What the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement one tap away, newest first, with its source.

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Washingtoncitycase by caseIn Washington, District of Columbia (DC), Washington City Council and local residents debated municipal data center siting, utility infrastructure load, water consumption, and zoning rules during the June 15, 2026 session. youtube.com query feed Jun 15, 20261 act on this row
Every act on the Washington row
  1. ordinance

    In Washington, District of Columbia (DC), Washington City Council and local residents debated municipal data center siting, utility infrastructure load, water consumption, and zoning rules during the June 15, 2026 session.

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Last verified October 28, 2026.

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June 15, 2026 Washington, DC Montgomery County passes 18 month pause on data center development | NBC4 Washington Washington City Council 3 clips

In Washington, District of Columbia (DC), Washington City Council and local residents debated municipal data center siting, utility infrastructure load, water consumption, and zoning rules during the June 15, 2026 session.

  1. Washington City Council Applicant and Economic Development Presentation Developer Representative auto captions, unchecked
    "And it passed unanimously. >> The Montgomery County Council banning new data center development for the next year and a half. >> Nothing will happen until we answer all the questions our community deserves. There are a lot of questions about what happens to the water in the Potomac River, what happens to our utility"
  2. Washington City Council Official Deliberation Elected Official auto captions, unchecked
    ">> The vote was a compromise after some council members pushed for a longer moratorium to give the county time to figure out a comprehensive way to deal with hyperscale data centers in the future. >> What we did was personally merge them. And uh we compromised, and we went from 6 months to 2 years, and the compromise was 18 months. >> No data center, no data data center."
  3. Resident public comment Resident Public Comment auto captions, unchecked
    "is doing a comprehensive study on the impacts of data centers. That report is due sometime in September. >> There was a time when data centers received tax incentives to come. Now we're we want to make sure because of the energy usage uh that there's adequate public benefit in addition to protecting our community, and we need to work with the state uh and with this body to make sure that that happens."
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District of Columbia, year by year

Nearby places with records

less than a mile away District Of Columbia County: 3 data centers on the record.
less than a mile away Washington: 3 data centers on the record.
7 miles away, Maryland Silver Spring: 2 data centers on the record.
7 miles away, Maryland Landover: 1 data center on the record.
10 miles away, Maryland Prince George's County: 3 data centers on the record. A pause is on the record.
11 miles away, Maryland Beltsville: 1 data center on the record.

Distances run between the centers the Census Bureau gives each place. Every District of Columbia county.

Questions about District of Columbia

Is there a data center near District of Columbia?

No data center in District of Columbia is on the record. The nearest one planned is Lerner Enterprises Landover Mall Data Center Campus Proposal in Maryland, 8 miles from the center of District of Columbia to the site, proposed. The nearest running is CoreSite Washington DC1 Data Center, 1 mile from the center of District of Columbia to the site. The nearest stalled or cancelled is Amazon Web Services Calvert Cliffs Data Center Proposal in Lusby, Maryland, 45 miles from the center of District of Columbia to the site, cancelled.

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Is District of Columbia allowing new data centers?

No county rule about data centers is on the record for District of Columbia itself; Washington, inside it, decides new data centers one at a time. The latest decision on the record: In Washington, District of Columbia (DC), Washington City Council and local residents debated municipal data center siting, utility infrastructure load, water consumption, and zoning rules during the June 15, 2026 session (Washington).

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