MD-HB1411 · 2026 session · Legislation
Data Center Planning and Transparency Act
- Jurisdiction
- Maryland
- Current status
- In Committee
- Sponsor
- Delegate Ruth
- Introduced
- In Committee
- Floor
- Enacted
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Latest action
In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
Mar 10, 2026
Subject areas
Policy mechanisms
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Quick summary
Requiring an owner or operator of a large-scale data center to submit a disclosure report to certain State and local agencies and elected officials under certain circumstances; specifying the contents of the disclosure report; requiring the Department of the Environment to publish the disclosure report on its website within 30 days of receiving the report; requiring, by June 30, 2027, each local jurisdiction with a population of at least 10,000 residents to adopt by local law a large-scale data center plan; etc.
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