Maryland residents bring data center fight to Supreme Court

Maryland landowners have rushed to the Supreme Court to ask the justices to step in and halt a power company's attempt to survey their land in preparation for transmission lines the residents say will be used to build more power-sucking data centers in the metropolitan region.

Maryland residents bring data center fight to Supreme Court

TL;DR

  • Maryland landowners have petitioned the Supreme Court.
  • They are trying to halt a power company's land surveys.
  • The surveys are for transmission lines.
  • Residents fear these lines will be used for new data centers.
  • The data centers are planned for the metropolitan region.