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Wes Moore: “The data centers were the ones calling the shots. Data centers and corporations were the ones writing the rules. Today…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 2026
The data centers were the ones calling the shots. Data centers and corporations were the ones writing the rules. Today, that ends, because I am signing an executive order to make sure that, when data centers come to the state of Maryland, Marylanders always come first.
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Wes Moore
Democratic · Maryland

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Governor Moore on data center regulations.

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