Council member urges residents to attend Landover Mall data-center task force meeting
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Councilwoman Jones urged Glen Arden residents to attend a Qualified Data Center Task Force meeting on Sept. 10 to learn about a proposed data center at the Landover Mall site, citing water and electricity concerns and asking city staff to gather facts.
Councilwoman Jones told the public at the Glen Arden hearing that a Qualified Data Center Task Force meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 10 at 1 p.m. at 1616 McCormick Drive in Largo and urged residents and city staff to attend to learn more about a proposed data center at the Landover Mall site.
Jones said community members have raised concerns that a large data center at the site could cause "water issues, electronic, electricity issues," and she urged residents to attend the task-force meeting to assess potential local impacts. She asked the city manager or assistant city manager to attend for fact-finding and said she would attend for "at least an hour and a half."
Jones provided the meeting address as 1616 McCormick Drive in Largo and said she believed the venue is a Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission building but did not confirm the host agency. The announcement was framed as a public notice and request for community participation; no city decision or endorsement of the proposed data center was recorded at the hearing.