Data centers in Baltimore city, Maryland
Baltimore city has 2 data centers on the record: 1 running and 1 proposed. No county rule about data centers is on the record for Baltimore city itself; 1 body inside it has a scorecard row. The latest decision on the record: City Council discussed data center pros and cons during a Public Health and Environment Committee hearing (Baltimore City), September 24, 2026.
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The 2 data centers in Baltimore city
Newest activity firstEach row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.
Baltimore City Data Center (proposed bill)
Baltimore, Baltimore city
No dated entry on the record yet.
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
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2 data centers in Baltimore city: 1 running, 1 proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
The cities in Baltimore city on the record (2)
| City | Projects | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore | 2 | 0 |
| Baltimore City | 0 | 1 |
What Baltimore city has decided
1 body, 2 decisions on the recordWhat 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 behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.
Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own.
- Baltimore Citycity
City Council discussed data center pros and cons during a Public Health and Environment Committee hearing, reported September 24, 2026.
2 acts on this row
- hearing
City Council discussed data center pros and cons during a Public Health and Environment Committee hearing.
- moratorium
Baltimore city bill proposed to pause data center construction
- hearing
What happened
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· Baltimore City
Hearing: City Council discussed data center pros and cons during a Public Health and Environment Committee hearing. baltimoresun.com local outlet
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· Baltimore City
Moratorium: Baltimore city bill proposed to pause data center construction wbaltv.com local outlet
What was said
Maryland communities are weighing the promise of jobs and tax revenue against concerns about electricity demand, land use, noise and other impacts
Baltimore Sun Editorial Board advocates for intelligent regulation of data centers rather than bans
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 2 records
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records |
Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.
By what the facilities are for
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not disclosed | 2 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year |
A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.
What the facilities are for
No source on file states what any of the 2 tracked facilities in Baltimore city are for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 2 tracked facilities in Baltimore city are cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Baltimore city, Maryland", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/md/baltimore-city, updated September 24, 2026.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data center records in Baltimore city, Maryland", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/md/baltimore-city. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
The structured rows are CC BY 4.0. Link to this page; that is what turns a reuse into a citation. Prose stays under copyright.
The rows here are part of the Maryland export.
For researchers
- Place id
- us/md/baltimore-city
- Level
- county
- Census GEOID
- Not disclosed
- Rating value
- Not disclosed
- Scale word
- Not disclosed