Scope
Baltimore City Council Bill 26-0174, "Zoning – Conditional Use – Health Equity Assessment – Data Centers", introduced 27 April 2026, would establish data centers as a conditional use by ordinance, make a Health Equity Assessment an additional requirement for certain conditional uses, require that assessment for a data center conditional use, and define certain terms. The official Legistar record shows it in committee; it has not been adopted.
- Geographic scope
- Baltimore City, Maryland
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- Baltimore City Council
Dates
- Adopted
- No adoption day is recorded
- Effective
- Not enacted
- Scheduled expiration
- None scheduled
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- None stated
- Source document
- 27 April 2026
- Last checked
- 1 October 2026 (earlier than tracker date 5 October 2026; not an automatic status change)
Summary
Council Bill 26-0174, introduced in the Baltimore City Council on 27 April 2026, would make data centers a conditional use approved by ordinance and require a Health Equity Assessment for a data center conditional use. As of 23 September 2026 the official Legistar record shows it in the Land Use & Transportation Committee. It is a proposal only and would apply only in Baltimore City.
What this does not establish
- Only the official Legistar matter record (title and status) was opened; the bill text was not read.
- Enacted Ordinance 26-128 currently lists data centers among uses prohibited citywide for a limited period; how this bill would interact with it is not stated in the title.
Unresolved questions
- Whether the committee advances the bill and in what form.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- No related action is recorded.
Sources
https://baltimore.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7995113&GUID=60BDDCCD-5BE4-4A72-92DB-BDBB4C919BB9
- Machine-readable copy of the same official record official data feed for the record linked as the primary source