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Montgomery County, Maryland is a jurisdiction located in the Mid-Atlantic region, approximately 150 miles northeast of Texas, and does not constitute part of Texas's datacenter infrastructure, energy, or policy framework.
August 1, 2026
The Same $50K Fee That Screens Datacenters Now Applies to Chevron and SamsungMontgomery County, Maryland voted unanimously July 28 to pause new datacenter permits for 18 months, and in Northern Virginia, QTS withdrew its final appeal on the Prince William Digital Gateway after litigation unwound the approvals over public-notice defects.
July 27, 2026
Sen. Bettencourt Signals Tighter Rules as the $3.3B Break Hits Finance July 27Montgomery County, Maryland advances an 18-month moratorium to a full council vote, targeting Atmosphere Data Centers' 360 MW Dickerson campus.
June 17, 2026
Sid Miller Backs a Moratorium. Abbott Rewrites the Rules Instead.Outside Texas, the moratorium wave is hardening: New York's legislature passed the nation's first statewide data center moratorium (20 MW threshold, sitting on Hochul's desk), Montgomery County, Maryland imposed a six-month pause, and Plymouth County, Iowa, Boone County, Indiana, and Spartanburg County, South Carolina all moved in mid-June.
June 13, 2026
Hyperscalers Wire $200M Upfront as ERCOT's Queue Hits 438 GWMontgomery County, Maryland just imposed a six-month permit moratorium to write rules first.
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Greg Abbott
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OpenAI
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