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Resident urges Prince George's County Council to back data centers as pathway to local jobs
Summary
In public comment, Beverly Johnson urged the council to support data center approvals, arguing they create construction, technical and facility-management jobs that county education and workforce programs can prepare residents for.
Beverly Johnson addressed the Prince George's County Council during public comment on March 10, urging support for data-center development as a local workforce and economic opportunity.
Johnson said she originally opposed data centers but changed her view after researching them, arguing the projects can create "good paying construction, technical, and facility management jobs" and sustainability careers that local education and workforce programs can prepare residents for. "Every data center that's approved creates a pathway for good paying construction, technical, and facility management jobs," she said, adding that these are jobs "our education and workforce programs can directly prepare our students for." She asked the council to "join us to move forward, to believe in progress, and to give Prince George's County the opportunity it deserves."
Her remarks were delivered during the public-comment period and did not prompt immediate council action during the session. The comment adds a citizen voice to ongoing local debate over data-center siting and workforce benefits; council committees later discussed related state and county legislation in the meeting but no vote on data-center siting occurred at this session.
