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Maryland Tech Council plans tech networks for Western Maryland; council hears data center discussion

2556691 · March 11, 2025
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Kelly Schultz of the Maryland Tech Council briefed Hagerstown council on the council's statewide role, a USDA rural development grant to create tech networks in Western Maryland and the Eastern Shore, and the economic opportunities and community concerns around data centers.

Kelly Schultz, former Maryland Secretary of Commerce and current Maryland Tech Council leader, briefed the Hagerstown City Council on the council's work and plans to expand technology networks into the state's rural regions.

Schultz said Maryland Tech Council represents both life sciences and broad technology sectors and that a recent U.S. Department of Agriculture rural development grant will fund tech networks in Western Maryland and on the Eastern Shore. "Once they start…

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