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Frederick County, Maryland

Frederick County, Maryland has 933.6 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 18 records, against 86.7 MW of generation operating inside the county. Nothing is in the interconnection queue for the county. That is 39.1% of Maryland's data center MW.

Data as of Grid region: PJM InterconnectionRefreshed monthly
933.6MW
data centers, planned to operating
18
data center records, not cancelled
39.1%
of Maryland's data center MW
86.7MW
operating generation, 10 projects
0MW
planned generation, 0 projects
2
data center developers active here
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Frederick County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 4 of its 4 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Washington no data centers Carroll no data centers Montgomery 300 MW Howard no data centers Frederick 933.6 MW
no data center MWunder 100 MW100 to 1,000 MW1,000 to 5,000 MW5,000 to 15,000 MW15,000 MW or more no page yet

Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers

Headline finding
10.8times

more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Frederick County's own plants cover 9.3% of the load on record, and nothing is in the queue.

Data centers, planned to operating933.6 MW
Operating generation86.7 MW
Planned generation0 MW

Data centers by status

18 records, 933.6 MW

Operating231 MW4 records, 25%
Under construction508.6 MW8 records, 54%
Planned194 MW6 records, 21%
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The data center pipeline

15 records list a year online or expected, from 2026 to 2030. The largest expected additions are 313.8 MW listed for 2027 and 250.8 MW for 2028. 3 records list no year.

Figure 1

Data center MW by year online or expected

Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.

Through 20252026 and later
0100200300400 Snapshot year 231 2026 314 2027 251 2028 2029 2030
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YearRecordsMW
20264231
20275314
20284251
2029183
2030155
Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. 15 records with a year; 3 without are left out
Figure 2

Who is building in Frederick

Data center developers by MW on record. Top 2 of 2.

Rowan Digital Infrastructure 630 MW 14 sites
Aligned 303.6 MW 4 sites
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DeveloperSitesMW
Rowan Digital Infrastructure14630
Aligned4304
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Power generation in the county

10 plants operate inside Frederick County, 86.7 MW of solar and battery storage. Nothing is in the queue for the county.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Frederick County

OperatingPlanned
SolarOperating 80.7 MW 9 projects
Battery StorageOperating 6 MW 1 project
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
SolarOperating980.7
Battery StorageOperating16
Operating: 86.7 MW. Planned: 0 MW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 86.7 MW against 933.6 MW of data centers.
Source: ISO queues and EIA-860M, via FieldProspects

Frederick County against its neighbors

Montgomery County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 300 MW, 32% of Frederick County's. 4 of the 4 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Frederick County this page 18
934
87
0 10.8x
Montgomery County 1
300
500
500 0.6x
Washington County 0
0
74
20 0x
Howard County 0
0
47
0 0x
Carroll County 0
0
16
0 0x

Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.

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What changed since June 4, 2026

1 project in Frederick County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.

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0
added to a queue, 0 MW
0
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 0 MW
1
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 17 MW
0
slipped their in-service date, 0 MW

Every change in Frederick County

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 1 change.

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County: Frederick County, MDSince June 4, 2026 1 change
ProjectChangeTechnologyMWPrevious dateNew date
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Every record in Frederick County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 28 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Frederick County, MDStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 28 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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