AI Data-Center Boom Meets Maryland Policy and Water Constraints

National data-center expansion continues to drive equipment sales, industrial leasing, power infrastructure, and construction demand, with approximately 43 GW reportedly under construction nationwide. Maryland has roughly 1,300 acres of applications in Frederick County, while Montgomery and Prince George's counties have moratoriums and Harford has a ban; an Amazon campus in nearby Virginia is revising a proposed 6.4-million-gallon groundwater withdrawal after aquifer concerns, underscoring water, grid, and permitting risks.