1+ hour, 56+ min ago  (478+ words) Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich issued a six-month moratorium on permits for data center development Friday afternoon after months of debate among elected officials over how to address concerns about the centers" environmental impact. The data center question has been…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (746+ words) Amid growing opposition to data center development nationwide, the Howard County Council unanimously passed a temporary moratorium on the development of new data centers to study their impacts. The bill's sponsor, Christiana Rigby, said the pause is necessary because the…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (395+ words) If the bill passes, it will apply only to new data center permits. This could impact the planned center in Dickerson that has been at the center of controversy....

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (791+ words) Montgomery County Council member Will Jawando plans to introduce a two-year moratorium on new permits for data centers at Tuesday's council meeting " creating an unusual competition between two related bills as the upcoming election continues to impact council business. Council…...

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1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1108+ words) A planned data center along the Potomac River in Southern Maryland would sap more energy than all of Baltimore. Could that be good for the region's buckling power grid? Its developer thinks so. Tera Wulf, a fledgling tech company backed…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (813+ words) Three members of the Montgomery County Council are calling for stronger restrictions on data centers that they say will help protect the environment. Council President Natali Fani-Gonz'lez, Vice President Marilyn Balcombe and member Laurie-Anne Sayles announced in a news release…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (295+ words) For the past week, attempts to tune in to ABC affiliate WMAR-2 on TV through Xfinity have been met with a prominently displayed message: "This channel is unavailable." The contract between the two companies expired on March 31 at 5: 59 p. m. , and within…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (14+ words) Artemis II leader Reid Wiseman captures first photo of Earth's blue beauty'thebanner. com...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (776+ words) Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson is seeking to prevent Baltimore Peninsula's next owners from constructing a data center there, part of a legislative proposal aimed at curbing rising power bills in the region. The Baltimore Democrat said Monday that he…...