Prince George's County MD Council Passes 2-Year Data Center Moratorium

Prince George’s County, MD Council Chair Krystal Oriadha said she had the votes — though not unanimously — for a two-year moratorium on new data-center operations. The county’s previous AI data-center moratorium expired July 1; County Executive Aisha Braveboy issued an executive pause in September 2025 to bridge the gap between the two moratoriums. The county already hosts five data centers.

This is the second time in roughly a year the county has imposed this kind of restriction, signaling persistent political resistance to further expansion despite the county’s position in the DC-metro datacenter corridor — the same corridor generating moratorium fights in Loudoun-adjacent jurisdictions and Washington County, MD (2026-07-02–washington-county-md-datacenter-moratorium).

Update (2026-07-08): WTOP, Maryland Matters, and WJLA confirm the Council passed the moratorium approximately 7-1-3 (one no, three abstentions). Commissioner Tim Adams cast the sole no vote, citing the two-year length as excessive. The measure can be lifted early if the county adopts a formal zoning framework for data-center siting; it follows an earlier interim pause the county had already extended.