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PHED committee approves data-center task force, holds separate study resolution

2716032 · March 20, 2025
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PHED committee members voted on March 20 to approve CR-16 (draft 2), creating a qualified data center task force to study community impacts and revenue potential of data center development, and placed a separate study resolution (CR-14) on indefinite hold.

PHED committee members voted on March 20 to approve CR-16 (draft 2), creating a qualified data center task force to study community impacts, benefits and revenue potential of data center development in Prince George’s County, and placed a separate, narrower study resolution (CR-14) on indefinite hold.

The task force resolution passed unanimously, 4-0, after committee members adopted amendments that change appointment authority and clarify participating county agencies and designees. Council members who sponsored or cosponsored the measure include Councilmembers Burrows, Oriota, Ivy and Watson, according to committee discussion.

Committee members and planning staff said the draft 2 version folds the scope of the CR-14 study into the broader task force and adds a cross-section of public- and private-sector stakeholders to review transportation, energy and water demand,…

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