Frederick County Executive Jessica Fitzwater on Thursday introduced legislation that would create a floating zone to further restrict where data centers can be built in the county, as well as more stringent design requirements.
Power demand was one of the most prominent topics discussed and debated at the Maryland Tech Council’s inaugural Maryland Data Center Summit on Thursday at Frederick Community College.
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Some officials are optimistic that a new company spearheading Quantum Loophole’s projects and local developer Tom Natelli taking a public role in them could be “a reset button” for the owners of the data center campus in Adamstown.
Rowan Digital Infrastructure on Wednesday received conditional approval from the Frederick County Planning Commission for an electric substation to power the first of three data centers the company intends to build on the Quantum Loophole campus in Adamstown.
The Maryland Public Service Commission has approved a project by Potomac Edison to connect the Doubs substation in southern Frederick County to a planned substation on Quantum Loophole’s data center campus.
The Maryland Department of the Environment in June rescinded an offer to settle for $130,000 Quantum Loophole’s environmental violations related to constructing fiber optic infrastructure, citing the “ongoing nature and severity of the violations,” according to a letter from the department.
Rowan Digital Infrastructure has announced two new data center projects it plans to build on Quantum Loophole’s data center campus, in addition to a project for which it’s already received conditional approval from the Frederick County Planning Commission.
Aligned Data Centers now plans to proceed with its Frederick County data center project at Quantum Loophole’s campus after Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a bill that makes it easier for data center developers to install backup generators.
We need data centers. The demand we create for data centers is going to continue to increase. There will be more and more data centers.
Quantum Loophole has begun construction on a 600-acre nature reserve at its planned data center campus near Adamstown to capture carbon emissions generated by data center facilities.
It is commendable that County Executive Jessica Fitzwater has been willing to take a political risk by proposing to raise taxes to address the school crisis. It is our hope that this decision came about by recognizing that the much vaunted tax income from data centers will be delayed due to …
Quantum Loophole has sold 150 acres of land on its 2,100-acre data center campus in Adamstown to an undisclosed tenant, the company announced in a press release on Wednesday.
Before Frederick County plunges headlong into data center development it hasn't thoroughly examined costwise, it should commission a new, independent, thorough, unbiased, definitive cost-benefit analysis.
Frederick County has ordered a contractor for Quantum Loophole to stop all work on a drilling operation to install fiber optic cables due to potential environmental concerns after clay broke through the ground during drilling.
Frederick County Executive Jessica Fitzwater on Thursday introduced legislation that would create a floating zone to further restrict where data centers can be built in the county, as well as more stringent design requirements.
Power demand was one of the most prominent topics discussed and debated at the Maryland Tech Council’s inaugural Maryland Data Center Summit on Thursday at Frederick Community College.
The Grange has been advocating for farmers and rural landowners since 1867.
Some officials are optimistic that a new company spearheading Quantum Loophole’s projects and local developer Tom Natelli taking a public role in them could be “a reset button” for the owners of the data center campus in Adamstown.
Rowan Digital Infrastructure on Wednesday received conditional approval from the Frederick County Planning Commission for an electric substation to power the first of three data centers the company intends to build on the Quantum Loophole campus in Adamstown.
The Maryland Public Service Commission has approved a project by Potomac Edison to connect the Doubs substation in southern Frederick County to a planned substation on Quantum Loophole’s data center campus.
The Maryland Department of the Environment in June rescinded an offer to settle for $130,000 Quantum Loophole’s environmental violations related to constructing fiber optic infrastructure, citing the “ongoing nature and severity of the violations,” according to a letter from the department.
Rowan Digital Infrastructure has announced two new data center projects it plans to build on Quantum Loophole’s data center campus, in addition to a project for which it’s already received conditional approval from the Frederick County Planning Commission.
Aligned Data Centers now plans to proceed with its Frederick County data center project at Quantum Loophole’s campus after Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a bill that makes it easier for data center developers to install backup generators.
We need data centers. The demand we create for data centers is going to continue to increase. There will be more and more data centers.
Quantum Loophole has begun construction on a 600-acre nature reserve at its planned data center campus near Adamstown to capture carbon emissions generated by data center facilities.
It is commendable that County Executive Jessica Fitzwater has been willing to take a political risk by proposing to raise taxes to address the school crisis. It is our hope that this decision came about by recognizing that the much vaunted tax income from data centers will be delayed due to …
Quantum Loophole has sold 150 acres of land on its 2,100-acre data center campus in Adamstown to an undisclosed tenant, the company announced in a press release on Wednesday.
Before Frederick County plunges headlong into data center development it hasn't thoroughly examined costwise, it should commission a new, independent, thorough, unbiased, definitive cost-benefit analysis.
Frederick County has ordered a contractor for Quantum Loophole to stop all work on a drilling operation to install fiber optic cables due to potential environmental concerns after clay broke through the ground during drilling.
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