⚔️ Prince George’s Data Center Report
Texas Two-Step of Prince George’s Data Centers: Community Input or Community Subversion?
Prince George’s County leaders claim they’ve learned from the Landover debacle. They say “never again.” But buried in a 462-page report are loopholes wide enough to drive a server farm through. This isn’t protection—it’s choreography.
🎯 Core Critique
- Special Exceptions = Procedural Theater
They promise “many community meetings.” Translation: endless hearings that look participatory but end in rubber-stamped approvals once developers apply pressure.
Go Bigger Loophole
The report openly suggests developers can “go bigger” if they pick remote sites. That’s not restraint—it’s an invitation to scale up projects out of public view.
Buffer Games
Moving the residential buffer from 300 to 400 feet sounds protective. But the fine print says developers can keep the smaller buffer if they add “design elements.” That’s a carve-out, not a safeguard.
- Community Benefit Agreements = Payoffs
Leaders tout CBAs as guarantees for residents. In practice, they’re bargaining chips—developers buy goodwill with token benefits while locking in massive energy-hungry projects.
- Dismissal of Development Concerns
Blegay shrugs off fears that stricter rules will discourage investment. That’s a tell: the council is signaling to industry that projects will move forward regardless of opposition.
- Energy Surcharge Mirage
A “high-energy-use surcharge” is floated as a way to keep resident bills low. But surcharges rarely offset the infrastructure strain—ratepayers end up subsidizing corporate power hogs.
This isn’t about protecting neighborhoods. It’s about rebuilding trust through optics while keeping the door open for developers. The Landover fiasco forced officials to slow their roll, but the new framework is designed to pacify residents while ensuring data centers still get built. Wala, Crooked Edward, and poor pitiful Krystal planned to sneak a Data Center through and blame it on an honest member of Council. But citizen push-back was so intense they shifteed to theTexas Two Starategy.
🔥 Closing Strike
Prince George’s residents should see this report for what it is: a blueprint for controlled opposition. Meetings, buffers, and benefit agreements are the stage props. The real play is expansion—bigger projects, remote sites, and developer-friendly carve-outs.
The council says “never again.” But unless residents stay vigilant, “never again” will look a lot like “every time.”
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