# It Takes More Than 1 Activist To Kill a Data Center

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/it-takes-more-than-1-activist-to-kill-a-data-center/
- Published: 2026-11-12T22:00:06+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T22:24:08+00:00
- Original publisher: Reason (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://reason.com/2026/11/12/it-takes-more-than-1-activist-to-kill-a-data-center/
- Topics: Politics

## Key points

- Landover’s $5 billion data centre is stalled by county moratoriums.
- The article says wider public opposition matters more than one activist.
- A county executive moratorium is due to expire at year’s end.

## Summary

A proposed $5 billion data centre in Landover, Maryland, remains stalled, but the article argues that local activist Taylor Frazier McCollum should not be treated as the sole cause. County officials have repeatedly imposed moratoriums, reflecting wider public opposition to data centres and putting political decisions at the centre of the project’s fate.

McCollum began campaigning after learning the site was about a mile from her home and launched a petition in June 2025. The project had received final planning approval in 2024, but a temporary county executive moratorium has been extended and is due to expire at the end of 2026; a separate two-year council moratorium applies only to new projects. The article says concerns about water use and electricity prices have fuelled hundreds of moratoriums and helped cancel $260 billion in projects, while disputing some claims made by opponents.

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