Brightseat Tech Park (former Landover Mall)
Also called: Landover Mall data center, Brightseat Associates LLC
A $5 billion campus of five data centers, up to 820 MW, is planned on the old Landover Mall site. It got approvals in 2024, then the county paused new data center permits after large protests. Whether the new 2-year moratorium covers this project is disputed.
Where things stand: Land use approvals came in 2024. County paused permits in Sept. 2025; a 2-year moratorium passed July 2026, but an advocacy group says it may not stop this project.
🕒 Latest update (July 2026): County Council passed a two-year moratorium on data center subdivision and site plans.
What we know
- 📍 WhereFormer Landover Mall site off MD 202 and I-95/I-495, across from the old FedExField, Landover, Unincorporated Prince George's County, Prince George's County
- 🏢 CompanyBrightseat Associates LLC
- 🏛️ Owned byLerner Enterprises and The Tower Companies
- 🌳 Size87 acres
- ⚡ Power it needs820 megawatts (about as much as 656,000 homes)
- 💵 Cost$5 billion
- 💸 Tax breaksMaryland and the county exempt data center equipment from sales tax (since 2020). Developer projected $53.5 million a year in local taxes.
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- Does the July 2026 two-year moratorium apply to Brightseat Tech Park? 🙋 I'll find out
- Who would use the data centers? 🙋 I'll find out
- How much water and power would it use, and would it need new power lines? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- Aug 2023Lerner filed an early application for a 'qualified data center' on the old mall site.
- March 2024County approved the land use permit; the subdivision plan was also approved in 2024.
- Sept 15, 2025County Executive ordered a temporary halt to data center permits after hundreds protested.
- Sept 16, 2025County Council voted to suspend review of new data center proposals until a task force reports.
- July 2026County Council passed a two-year moratorium on data center subdivision and site plans.
Local votes and rules
⏸️ Pause on new data centers
The county council paused data center applications for up to two years (CR-066-2026). No subdivision plans, building permits or grading permits for data centers can be approved while the council writes permanent rules. It ends sooner if those rules pass.
⏸️ Pause on new data centers
The county council passed a 180-day pause on permits and subdivision plans for data centers (CR-98-2025). It was later replaced by a two-year pause in July 2026.
⏸️ Pause on new data centers
County Executive Aisha Braveboy ordered a temporary hold on data center permits and applications while a county task force studied data centers. It followed anger over a data center plan at the old Landover Mall site.
✅ Approved
The county approved plans for a data center campus on the old Landover Mall site. At the time, county law allowed data centers in most zones without a public hearing. The approval led to protests and the county's later pauses.
An aerial photo of the area.
Where this comes from
- Prince George's County pauses Landover Mall data center project · AfroTech · Sept 18, 2025
- Brightseat Tech Park, Prince George's County, MD: Maryland Data Center Series, Pt. 4 · Nature Forward · July 30, 2026
- Maryland counties to data center industry: Slow down · Bay Journal · Feb 16, 2026
- Prince George's County debates data center regulations amid moratorium, public opposition · WJLA · Sept 1, 2026
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