Frederick County has 5 data centers on the record: 1 running and 4 proposed. Frederick County has a scorecard row with no rating yet. The latest decision on the record: 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, September 3, 2026.
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Frederick, Frederick County
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5 data centers in Frederick County: 1 running, 4 proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
| City | Projects |
|---|---|
| Frederick | 3 |
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 behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.
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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, reported September 3, 2026.
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.
Frederick County Council voted to expand the data center zoning area surrounding Quantum Frederick to about 2,600 acres
Frederick County Executive Jessica Fitzwater signed an order pausing new data center permitting until the end of the year
· Frederick County
Denial: 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 local outlet
· Frederick County
Approval: Frederick County Council voted to expand the data center zoning area surrounding Quantum Frederick to about 2,600 acres marylandmatters.org local outlet
· Frederick County
Scorecard event: Frederick County Executive Jessica Fitzwater signed an order pausing new data center permitting until the end of the year marylandmatters.org local outlet
Delegate April Fleming Miller's District 4 team sent a letter to the County Executive requesting an extension to the DRRA comment period for a data center agreement.
Louisa Conklin, Frederick County Council member, stated data center developers have legal avenues to protect themselves from council oversight and that water protection is a community priority.
School board recommended long term air quality monitoring, ongoing environmental noise studies and evaluating cumulative emissions from the campus
Every Maryland statement, 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
Frederick County residents
Residents concerned about contaminated dirt at Eastalco brownfield site, diesel generator pollution, noise, light, stormwater, water consumption, and impact on rural character
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 5 | Not disclosed by any of the 5 records | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 5 | Not disclosed by any of the 5 records | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 5 | Not disclosed by any of the 5 records | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 5 | Not disclosed by any of the 5 records | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 5 | Not disclosed by any of the 5 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.
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not disclosed | 5 | 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.
No source on file states what any of the 5 tracked facilities in Frederick County are for.
No source on file states how any of the 5 tracked facilities in Frederick County are cooled.
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Frederick County, Maryland", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/md/frederick-county, updated October 4, 2026.
Data Center Record, "Data center records in Frederick County, Maryland", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/md/frederick-county. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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