Amazon abandons plans for data center campus at Calvert Cliffs

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Amazon abandons plans for data center campus at Calvert Cliffs

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/amazon-abandons-plans-data-center-174302225.html

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Amazon Web Services has withdrawn its proposal to build a 2.4 million square foot data center campus at the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. The decision follows local primary election results where voters ousted county commissioners who supported the development. The county is now considering a six-month moratorium on such projects.

This withdrawal highlights the growing tension between hyperscale data center expansion and local land-use regulations. For the nuclear industry, the outcome demonstrates how public opposition to industrial development can impact efforts to co-locate energy-intensive data centers with existing power plants. Constellation maintains that investment in digital infrastructure remains a viable opportunity for the site.

Amazon Web Services is abandoning its plans to develop data centers on the campus of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, a move that comes after fierce voter pushback against hyperscale data cente...

The Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Units 1 and 2 are located near Lusby. (Photo courtesy the Nuclear Regulatory Commission)

Amazon Web Services is abandoning its plans to develop data centers on the campus of Southern Maryland's Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, according to a news release issued Tuesday by Calvert County government.

It comes after fierce voter pushback against hyperscale data centers in Calvert County's primary election on June 23.

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