Data centers in Montgomery County, Maryland
Montgomery County has 1 data center on the record; it is proposed. Montgomery County has stopped new data centers, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The latest decision on the record: Judge ruled that Preserve Montgomery County can continue to pursue claims that the county did not adequately inform the community about data centers, reported September 20, 2026.
How to read this page. Every count comes from the records on this page and links to where it is counted. Nothing is published until a person reads its source, and a figure no source gives reads Not disclosed; nothing is estimated. A rating changes only when a person sets it.
The data center in Montgomery County
Every Montgomery County record 1 record, and 1 site not yet verified listed apart · blank cell: not disclosed · sort by any column
| Facility and county | Stage | Operator | Power (MW) | Latest entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atmosphere Dickerson data center Montgomery County | Proposed | Atmosphere Data Centers | Atmosphere Data Centers withdrew its appeal of zoning interpretation related to the moratorium wtop.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet August 30, 2026 |
A blank cell means not disclosed by any source on file. Power is the developer's figure or a permit's, each linked on the record.
| Record | Place | Stage | Operator | MW | Basis | Located | Tier | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prosperity Drive Data Center, LLC | Silver Spring, Montgomery | Not yet verified | Prosperity Drive Data Center, LLC | EPA registry | 2 | 2026-10-20 | ||
| Atmosphere Dickerson data center | Montgomery | Proposed | Atmosphere Data Centers | centroid | 3 | 2026-09-08 |
Tier 1: an official or company source. Tier 2: a news report resolving to the outlet's own page. Located: a site coordinate from a permit, a parcel or an address, or the county or town centroid. Verified: the last day a person read the source. A blank cell means not disclosed by any source on file.
1 site not yet verified, apart from the count
- Prosperity Drive Data Center, LLC Silver Spring, Montgomery County Not yet verified
The cities in Montgomery County on the record (1)
| City | Census GEOID | Projects |
|---|---|---|
| Silver Spring | 2472450 | 0 |
A city without a record is listed, not linked.
What Montgomery County has decided 1 body, 5 decisions 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.
| Body | Level | Rating | In force until | Latest act | Acts | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery County | county | until March 23, 2028 | 2028-03-23 | Montgomery County, Maryland approved 18 month pause on data center reviews in July 2026. commercialobserver.com (opens in a new tab) news outlet Sep 23, 20265 acts on this rowEvery act on the Montgomery County row
| 5 | 2026-09-23 |
Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own. A month with no day: the source names the month and not the day. A rating rests only on a binding act in force; "not rated" means no person has set one. A blank cell means the record holds nothing for it.
What happened
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LitigationMontgomery County
komu.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet -
Moratorium extendedMontgomery County
Montgomery County Council extended its data center pause from six months to 18 months
marylandmatters.org (opens in a new tab) local outlet -
Scorecard eventMontgomery County
nbcwashington.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet -
MoratoriumMontgomery County
nbcwashington.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet -
Now reportedAtmosphere Dickerson data center
Atmosphere Data Centers challenged the six month data center moratorium in Montgomery County
datacenterdynamics.com (opens in a new tab) trade press -
Moratorium adoptedMontgomery County
Montgomery County, Maryland approved 18 month pause on data center reviews in July 2026
commercialobserver.com (opens in a new tab) news outlet
Nearby places with records
Distances run between the centers the Census Bureau gives each place. Every Maryland county.
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 1 record
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Without a figure | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | 0 | 1 | ||
| Water, stated per day | 0 | 1 | ||
| Water, stated per year | 0 | 1 | ||
| Permanent jobs | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tax each year | 0 | 1 |
A blank total means no record disclosed the figure; the count without one says how many.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No stated use | 1 |
A blank cell means no record with that use disclosed the figure.
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 1 tracked facility in Montgomery County is for. 1 site not yet verified is named apart and is not in that number.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Montgomery County is cooled. 1 site not yet verified is named apart and is not in that number.
About this data
Report a correction · Send a tip about Montgomery County · The rows here are part of the Maryland export.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data center records in Montgomery County, Maryland", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/md/montgomery-county. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY-NC 4.0.
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For researchers
- Level
- county
- Census GEOID
- 24031
- Census geography
- County, Montgomery County
- Rating
- Closed