Maryland Sets AI Guardrails as States Confront Data Center Boom
Local governments know their communities better than anybody."Moore is separately asking the General Assembly to repeal Maryland's data-center sales and use tax exemption, which dates to 2020. That would require legislative action as the executive order itself does not repeal the exemption.Texas Takes a More Immediate ApproachTexas has taken a more direct approach to slowing data-center development. Projects that fail to comply with the audit requirements can be denied grid connections.The audits are intended to give regulators a much clearer picture of what individual projects will require.
- ▪Local governments know their communities better than anybody."Moore is separately asking the General Assembly to repeal Maryland's data-center sales and use tax exemption, which dates to 2020.
- ▪That would require legislative action as the executive order itself does not repeal the exemption.Texas Takes a More Immediate ApproachTexas has taken a more direct approach to slowing data-center development.
- ▪Projects that fail to comply with the audit requirements can be denied grid connections.The audits are intended to give regulators a much clearer picture of what individual projects will require.
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By Hannah ParryAssociate News Editor0ShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberSee more of our trusted coverage when you search.Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search.Maryland is tightening its rules for data centers, joining a growing number of states pushing back on the industry's demands for power, water and land.On Wednesday, Democratic Governor Wes Moore signed an executive order establishing a statewide framework for large data centers, requiring projects of 25 megawatts or more seeking state action to undergo a standardized review of their effects on the electric grid, water supplies, communities and the state's economy."Truthfully, the people are fed up, and so am I," Moore told WTOP.Read More on NewsThe order creates a state task force to review…
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