Candidate Positions On Data Centers
for PG County

With the June 23rd primary coming up, we asked every candidate running for County Executive and County Council offices about their position on hyperscale AI data centers in Prince George’s County.

The County Executive and the County Council have the power to enact a long-term or permanent moratorium on AI data centers if they choose. Read full responses to our questionnaire here, as well as clips of candidates that have gone on record regarding this issue.

Below is a summary of where candidates stand based on questionnaire responses.

Question: What best describes your position on hyperscale AI data centers in Prince George's County?

County Executive

  • Aisha Braveboy — No Response

  • Billy Bridges — Permanent ban on hyperscale data centers

  • Marcellus Crews — No Response

  • Charnell Ferguson — No Response

  • Gregory Holmes — Permanent ban on hyperscale data centers

County Council At-Large

  • Noah Waters — Permanent ban on hyperscale data centers

  • Laura Gilchrest — Permanent ban on hyperscale data centers

  • Sean Floyd — No Response

  • Sydney Harrison — No Response

  • Jolene Ivey — Does not support ban — see full response

  • Jeana Jacobs — Allow hyperscale data centers in limited nonresidential areas with protections and robust community input

  • Dr. Jennifer Rios — Permanent ban on hyperscale data centers

  • Keith Washington — Permanent ban on hyperscale data centers

County Council — District 1

  • Michelle Garcia — No Response

  • Martin Mitchell — Indefinite moratorium — see full response

  • Darwin Romero — Permanent ban on hyperscale data centers

County Council — District 2

  • Daniel Armando Jones — Permanent ban on hyperscale data centers

  • Victor Ramirez — No Response

County Council — District 3

  • Eric Olsen — My default position is no on data centers; if community, environment, energy, environmental justice, and health impacts can be satisfied, only then would I be willing to have a conversation. My bar is very high.

County Council — District 4

  • Tim Adams — No Response

  • Dr. Juliet Agocha — Allow hyperscale data centers in limited nonresidential areas with protections and robust community input

  • Euniesha Davis — Does not support ban — see full response

County Council — District 5

  • Shayla Adams-Stafford — Permanent ban on hyperscale data centers

  • Wynton Johnson — Permanent ban on hyperscale data centers

County Council — District 6

  • Danielle Hunter — No Response

  • Dominique Lamb — Indefinite ban on hyperscale data centers

  • Joel Peebles — Permanent ban on hyperscale data centers

  • Crystal Samonica — No Response

  • Bertrand Tessa — No Response

  • Michael Jones — No Response

  • Jonathan White — Allow hyperscale data centers in limited nonresidential areas with protections and robust community input

County Council — District 7

  • Krystal Oriadha — No Response

County Council — District 8

  • Edward Burroughs — No Response

County Council — District 9

  • Tamara Davis Brown — Permanent ban on hyperscale data centers

  • Kim Carter — No Response

  • Imara Crooms — Permanent ban on hyperscale data centers

  • Leslye Dwight — No Response

  • Sherman Hardy — I’m open to data centers only under strict, enforceable conditions. See Full Response

  • Jerome Lattisaw — No Response

  • Sequan Swint — No Response

  • Lolita Walker — At this time, I do not support the expansion of hyperscale AI data centers in Prince George’s County until infrastructure readiness, environmental protections, and community impacts are fully evaluated and can be implemented through a transparent, data-driven, responsible planning process.

  • Eleanor Washington — Permanent ban on hyperscale data centers

  • Jesse Peed — No Response