Local votes and rules
⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Unincorporated Baltimore County
The county council voted unanimously to extend the data center pause through Dec. 31, 2027 (Bill 79-26). No permits, development plans or zoning requests for data centers can be approved until then while the council weighs the planning board's advice.
⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Unincorporated Baltimore County
The county council voted unanimously to pause data center permits (Bill 3-26). The pause was set to end by about January 2027. The planning board had to study data centers and send advice by Oct. 1, 2026. A 42-acre data center had been floated for the former Social Security site in Woodlawn.
📜 Data center rules · Unincorporated Baltimore County
On the same day it paused data center permits, the county council repealed the data center rules it had passed in August 2024.
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