Montgomery County Council faces pressure over clean energy mandate for proposed data center

AI Briefing

• – Environmental leaders urge Montgomery County to ensure the proposed data center runs on 100% clean energy, citing risks to public health and climate goals.
• – A clean energy commitment is needed to prevent the facility from emitting 200,000 cars' worth of CO2 annually.
• – County Council faces pressure to balance economic and environmental concerns over the proposed data center.