Prince George's County MD Council Prepares Vote on 2-Year Data Center Moratorium

Prince George’s County, MD Council Chair Krystal Oriadha said she has the votes — though not unanimously — for a two-year moratorium on new data-center operations, with a vote expected this week (week of July 6). 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 now Washington County, MD (2026-07-02–washington-county-md-datacenter-moratorium).