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Prince George’s county residents win 2-year pause on data centers, the fight for a ban is not over!

Liberation News

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July 9, 2026

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On Tuesday, July 7th, the Prince George's County Council voted to approve a two-year, county-wide moratorium on new hyperscale data centers.

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Free Press

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· Jun 25, 2026

Stop the Data Center Proposed at Big Darby Creek

Reprinted from Marcia Miller's Substac

The Week

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· Jul 6, 2026

The data center backlash

The data center backlash

National Taxpayers Union

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· Jun 24, 2026

15 Myths about Data Centers—and the Taxpayer Perspective

By Jess Ward, Leah Vukmir.

AllSides

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· Jun 29, 2026

We Mapped Rural Data Center Development – and Opposition. Here's What We Found.

Washington, D.C.'s metropolitan area has long hummed with data centers. The region, which encompasses much of Northern Virginia, has become known as Data Center Alley, home to more data centers than anywhere else in the world. But the data center boom, driven by the rise of AI and the race to build the infrastructure powering it, is changing the geography of these energy-intensive, warehouse-like facilities. Data centers have arrived in rural America...

WRAL News

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· Jun 22, 2026

Durham County to vote on 12-month pause for data center development

Another municipality in our area is considering a pause on data centers. Monday night, Durham County commissioners will consider a 12-month moratorium.

The Next Web

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· Jun 30, 2026

Digital Realty to buy Blackstone’s stake in three Virginia data centres

Northern Virginia is where the internet physically lives, and a large piece of it just changed hands. Digital Realty has agreed to buy Blackstone’s majority stake in three fully leased data centres in the region, in a transaction that values the assets at 7.8 billion. It is the kind of number that has become routine [] This story continues at The Next Web

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Related coverage for "Prince George’s county residents win 2-year pause on data centers, the fight for a ban is not over!": Free Press — Stop the Data Center Proposed at Big Darby Creek. The Week — The data center backlash . National Taxpayers Union — 15 Myths about Data Centers—and the Taxpayer Perspective. AllSides — We Mapped Rural Data Center Development – and Opposition. Here's What We Found. . WRAL News — Durham County to vote on 12-month pause for data center development. The Next Web — Digital Realty to buy Blackstone’s stake in three Virginia data centres