From orbit
Former Landover Mall parcel
Satellite views of the same ground on April 2, 2022 and Oct. 21, 2024. Drag to compare.
From orbit
The latest view
Latest clear view, Oct. 8, 2026. It comes from a lower-resolution satellite (10 m pixels), so buildings show as blocks of color, not detail.
Permits
Permits checklist
2 granted · 3 checked, nothing on file
- ✓Preliminary plan of subdivision (PPS 4-23024) GrantedPlanning Board (M-NCPPC) · March 14, 2024: unanimous; splits the site into three parcels for 4.1M sq ft News report · March 2024
- ✓Final plats GrantedPlanning Board (M-NCPPC) · Oct. 16, 2024: last entitlement step; data centers were exempt from site-plan review News report · Oct. 2024
- –Checked, nothing on file: Building and grading permits, Air permit for backup generators, Utility interconnection or large-load filing
Risks
Why it stopped, what could revive it
- HighCounty moratoriumA two-year moratorium adopted July 7, 2026 bars applications, and a permit hold has run since Sept. 2025; no construction start date exists. Local government · Oct. 2026
- HighEntitlement path being rewrittenA county task force and a pending bill would end by-right treatment and site-plan exemptions that this plan relied on. Local government · March 2026
- HighOrganized local oppositionA petition passed 20,000 signatures and the local council member calls the area intentional blight (press). News report · Sept. 2025
- MediumNo tenant, financing or powerThe project is a real-estate play to attract operators; no tenant, lender or Pepco agreement is on record. News report · Oct. 2026
- WatchState oversight comingA Sept. 2026 executive order and a 2026 law add state review and registration for large loads. News report · Sept. 2026
Power
Power and the grid
None energized or contracted yet
Pepco grid serviceNot applied for
developer-stated campus demand (press); no service agreement, interconnection or Maryland PSC case exists News report · Oct. 2026
Proposed
Not used, not on record, or dropped
- Backup generation None on recordno air permit or application found News report · Oct. 2026
Getting on the grid
Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.
- May 12, 2026State large-load law signedMaryland HB 1532 will require loads of 25 MW or more to register with the state regulator by July 1, 2027. Dataset · May 2026
- Sept. 23, 2026Governor sets a review frameworkAn executive order creates a state review for data centers of 25 MW or more seeking state permits or incentives (press). News report · Sept. 2026
- Not setPepco service agreement: none foundNo electric service, interconnection or large-load filing names this campus. Utility regulator · Oct. 2026
- Pepco serves the site; no substation of 345 kV or higher could be verified within 16 km. OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
- At 820 MW the campus would equal about 48% of Pepco's roughly 1,700 MW peak (model arithmetic). Dataset · Oct. 2026
What is next door
Distances from mapped lines and plants. OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
Money
Money on record
$9.4M
price when Parcel B changed hands in Oct. 2012
now held by a Lerner office LLC Local government · Nov. 2024
$20.8M
combined assessed value of the three parcels in 2022 to 2024 records
$13.6M, $6.7M and $0.6M; assessed land value, not project cost Local government · Nov. 2024
Not on record: incentive agreement or financing: no PILOT, abatement or community benefits agreement, the state sales-tax exemption for certified data centers is available to anyone who qualifies Dataset · April 2026
Land assembly
1 recorded land document for the campus company in county records (April 2015); 1 lists a price. Parcel counts come from the deed; acreage is not recorded.
- April 2015 PNC Bank National Association and Parker to Brightseat 202 Frontage LLC · $1.4M · 1 parcel County deed records · April 2015
Timeline
What happened, and what is due
SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
- April 21, 2015Money Land purchase recorded at $1.4M: PNC Bank National Association and Parker to Brightseat 202 Frontage LLC (1 parcel) County deed records · April 2015
- Oct. 1, 2018Site Lerner puts the whole Landover Mall site up for sale after the first FBI headquarters plan collapses News report · Oct. 2026
- Aug. 1, 2023Site Lerner starts teeing up a data center as a fallback while the FBI site pick is pending (press) News report · March 2024
- March 14, 2024Permits Planning Board unanimously approves the subdivision plan for 4.1M sq ft of data centers News report · March 2024
- Oct. 16, 2024Permits Final plats approved, completing entitlements News report · Oct. 2024
- Oct. 24, 2024Site Project announced publicly: five data centers, up to 820 MW, about $5B (press) News report · Oct. 2024
- Sept. 16, 2025Permits County council adopts a 180-day pause on data-center approvals (8-0); the county executive freezes permit applications a day earlier Local government · Sept. 2025
- Nov. 12, 2025Permits County task force votes to recommend ending by-right approval for data centers (press) News report · Nov. 2025
- Jan. 23, 2026Permits County executive extends the permit hold to Apr. 30, 2026, then again to June 30 and Sept. 30 Local government · Jan. 2026
- July 7, 2026Permits Council adopts a two-year moratorium on subdivision and site-plan applications for data centers (7-0-1) Local government · July 2026
- Sept. 16, 2026Permits Council committee advances a bill to end the data-center site-plan review exemption (5-0) News report · Sept. 2026
- Sept. 2026Permits County executive's latest permit hold runs through this date; the council moratorium runs to about July 2028 Dataset · July 2026
- July 7, 2028Permits Council moratorium ends unless data-center legislation is enacted sooner News report · July 2026
Construction activity
Satellite captures by quarter
Since Feb. 2022: 72 satellite captures. The chart starts in the first quarter of 2023; 5 earlier records are not drawn.
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Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 6. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
The buildings
Specs
5 buildings
five data centers, one described as 800,000 sq ft and 300 MW (press)
2.5M gal a day
water use for the first phase building (press); a third-party model puts total footprint far higher
- Cleared lot: mall demolished in 2006 and 2014; no building on site News report · June 2026
Who is involved
Owners, partners and builders
Owners
- Brightseat Associates LLC: developer and applicant; Maryland LLC formed Mar. 1, 2004, active
- Brightseat Parcel B LLC (formed Sept. 21, 2012) and Brightseat 202 Frontage LLC (formed Sept. 29, 2014): landowners, same Rockville office and registered filing contact
- Landover Mall Ltd Partnership: owner of the 38.9-acre Parcel A
- Lerner Enterprises and The Tower Companies: parent affiliates
Registry notes
- Two earlier Brightseat Associates entities (an LLC and a limited partnership) are forfeited and linked by name only
Decision-makers
- Prince George's County Council and County Executive Aisha Braveboy
- Planning Board (M-NCPPC): approved the plan and plats
Advisers
- CLHatcher LLC: applicant's counsel
- The Traffic Group: traffic engineer
Power and water
- Pepco (Exelon): electric utility
- WSSC Water: water and sewer
Opponents
- No Data Center in Landover (Taylor Frazier McCollum) and a Change.org petition
Still unknown
Open questions
- Any named tenant, buyer or operator.
- Financing for the $5B plan.
- Pepco service terms for the 820 MW claim.
- What the council does with the pending site-plan bill and the moratorium.
- 2 unconfirmed county land records near the site: the buyer or location could not be tied to this campus.
Where this comes from
326 records from 47 documents
Drawn from news reports, local government records, public and commercial datasets, state agency records, securities filings, utility regulator dockets, our own analysis, company statements and satellite captures, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.
News report 20Local government 12Dataset 9State agency 5SEC filing 2Utility regulator 1Analysis 1Company 1Satellite 0
Evidence
Every quote behind this page
Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.
Power (25)
- PJM Maryland/DC state report (2026 Load Forecast) large-load adjustments for the PEPCO Maryland zone: zero through 2029, then 142 MW (2030) rising to 1,064 MW (2036) - a ZONE aggregate for all Pepco Maryland large loads,“It does not include large loads that may exist but have not been submitted to PJM's load forecasting process as a large load adjustment”State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
- SEC filings: No SEC filing names Brightseat, Brightseat Associates, or a Lerner Enterprises data center; the 820 MW campus-stated figure (Lerner, via Oct 2024 press) appears in no filing“Form D search for "Brightseat Associates" returned 0 notices”SEC filing · Oct. 2026 · grade A
- Nearest power line of 345 kV or more: 15.71 kmMeasured on OpenStreetMap map data.
- Nearest gas pipeline: 13.53 kmMeasured on OpenStreetMap map data.
- Paper-vs-real summary: entitlements are real and complete for the subdivision (PPS + plats), but every downstream element is absent, no DSP (exempt by design), no building permits (frozen), no tenant, no financing, no u“establishing a two (2) year moratorium on the acceptance, processing, review, and approval of applications concerning preliminary plans of subdivision and detailed site plans that include qualified data center uses”Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- Parcel IDs: Tax Acct 1409077 (Parcel A, 38.91 ac, Landover Mall Ltd Partnership); Tax Acct 1545532 (Parcel B, 14 ac, Brightseat Parcel B LLC); Tax Acct 1462357 (Parcel H, 2.74 ac, Brightseat 202 Frontage LLC); Plat A13-7“Subdivision: LANDOVER MALL — Plat: A13-7562 — Acreage: 14”Local government · Nov. 2024 · grade B
- Nearest substation of 345 kV or more: none verifiable within 16 kmMeasured on OpenStreetMap map data.
- Utility service: not stated“Search cases, proceedings, administrative dockets and filings by case number or maillog tracking number”Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- IT capacity: not stated“The subject site is proposing 4,132,500 square feet of data center”Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- On-site generation: not stated“Large electrical demand (reported around 820 megawatts in project materials)”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Utility: Pepco (Potomac Electric Power Company, Exelon)“Share of PEPCO peak ~48% — 820 MW / ~1,700 MW (PJM)”Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Grid operator: PJM“Annual electricity 7.2 million MWh/yr — 820 MW x 8,760 hr/yr”Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Power plan: grid“it is primarily a real estate development project intended to attract data center operators/tenants”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Interconnection status: none found“Search cases, proceedings, administrative dockets and filings by case number or maillog tracking number”Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Electric interconnection / large-load filing: none found“Online Services — Case/Maillog Search: Search cases, proceedings, administrative dockets and filings”Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Jurisdiction state: State layer is prospective only: MD PSC has no docket for this campus. HB 1532 (Utility RELIEF Act, Ch. 353, approved May 12, 2026) creates a PSC large-load registry for customers of 25 MW or more, to“requires the Public Service Commission (PSC) to establish a large-load registry by July 1, 2027”Dataset · Sept. 2026 · grade C
- Exelon utilities (BGE, Delmarva Power, Pepco) publicly supported the Governor's framework and pointed to a pending MD PSC Large Load Tariff proceeding and more than $1 billion in Transmission Security Agreements across E“Exelon has already secured more than $1 billion in customer protections through Transmission Security Agreements across its utilities”News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
- Stated campus size: 300 MW“Other descriptions of the first phase call for an 800,000-square-foot building that could draw 300 megawatts and use roughly 2.5 million gallons of water per day”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Maryland HB 1532 (Utility RELIEF Act) became Chapter 353: covered large-load customers (25 MW+ peak, load factor above 60%) must register with the PSC (registry by Jul 1, 2027) at a fee of at least $1,000 per MW, disclos“Registration disclosures include duplicate interconnection requests, supply and backup-generation plans, monthly water demand and source, permits, site control, peak demand, load factor, ramp schedule”Dataset · May 2026 · grade C
- Third-party modeled water footprint (WaterMark assessment, NOT a project figure): at the claimed 820 MW, direct cooling demand modeled at 9.4M gal/day and total footprint 17.7M gal/day (~5.5% of WSSC system capacity). Mo“The full water footprint of the proposed 820 MW Brightseat data center, counting both cooling and the water used to generate its electricity. 9.4M gal/day direct (cooling, Scope 1) + 8.3M gal/day indirect”Dataset · April 2026 · grade C
- Stated campus size: 820 MW“The campus could accommodate up to 820 megawatts of power consumption, Jaclyn Cohen of Lerner Enterprises told me in an email”News report · Oct. 2024 · grade C
- Brightseat Tech Park publicly announced as a build: five data centers, up to 820 MW, ~$5B, groundbreaking contemplated 2026 (Wikipedia announcement date, citing Washington Business Journal / Bisnow coverage)“On October 24, 2024 it was announced that Brightseat Associates would be building a datacenter complex tentatively called Brightseat Tech Park scheduled to break ground in 2026”News report · Oct. 2024 · grade C
- Stated campus size: 820 MW“five data centers on roughly 87 acres with a capacity of up to 820 megawatts”News report · Oct. 2024 · grade C
- Stated campus size: 820 MW“five data centers on roughly 87 acres with a capacity of up to 820 megawatts”News report · Oct. 2024 · grade C
- Interconnection status: No public position (PJM / Pepco, Exelon): entitled only, no construction started; no Pepco interconnection agreement, transmission security agreement or Maryland PSC campus docket is public; Princ“five data centers on roughly 87 acres with a capacity of up to 820 megawatts”News report · Oct. 2024 · grade C
Money and contracts (38)
- state tax incentive (statute): scope Sales and use tax exemption on qualified data center personal property for a certified qualified data center“The sales and use tax does not apply to the sale of qualified data center personal property for use at a qualified data center”State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
- state tax incentive (statute): condition Tier I area (includes Prince George's County): invest at least $2,000,000 in qualified data center personal property and create at least five qualified positions within 3 years of“for a data center located within a Tier I area, invested at least $2,000,000 in qualified data center personal property and created at least five qualified positions”State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
- state tax incentive (statute): duration Certificate of eligibility renewed annually, no more than 10 consecutive years; up to 20 consecutive years if at least $250,000,000 invested in qualified data center personal prope“If the individual or corporation invests at least $250,000,000 in qualified data center personal property, the certificate of eligibility may be renewed for up to 20 consecutive years”State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
- state tax incentive (statute): termination / clawback Commerce may revoke the certificate in full or part for false representations or failure to fulfill application commitments; the Comptroller may assess to recapture e“The Comptroller may make an assessment against the individual or corporation to recapture any amount of sales and use tax that the individual or corporation has not paid”State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
- moratorium resolution: scope Two-year moratorium on acceptance, processing, review and approval of applications concerning preliminary plans of subdivision and detailed site plans that include qualified data center uses“establishing a two (2) year moratorium on the acceptance, processing, review, and approval of applications concerning preliminary plans of subdivision and detailed site plans that include qualified data center uses”Local government · July 2026 · grade A
- moratorium resolution: scope County background text also describes building and grading permits for proposed data centers as paused for two years“this resolution pauses the acceptance, review and approval of building and grading permits for proposed data centers as well as preliminary plans of subdivision which propose qualified data centers among its proposed uses for two (2) years”Local government · July 2026 · grade A
- task force charter (resolution): scope Qualified Data Centers Task Force established to study risks, community benefits and revenue potential of qualified data center uses“a Resolution establishing a Qualified Data Centers Task Force to study the potential risks, community benefits, and revenue potential of Qualified Data Center uses in Prince George's County was adopted ... on April 15, 2025. See CR-016-2025”Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade A
- executive permit hold: duration Hold ran through December 31, 2025 (end date confirmed by the text of EO No. 1-2026)“an extension of the temporary hold on accepting, considering, and processing permit applications for Qualified Data Centers from December 31, 2025 to April 30, 2026”Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade A
- executive permit hold extension: extension Hold extended from December 31, 2025 to April 30, 2026“HEREBY ORDER: an extension of the temporary hold on accepting, considering, and processing permit applications for Qualified Data Centers from December 31, 2025 to April 30, 2026”Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade A
- executive permit hold extension: scope DPIE directed to discontinue accepting, considering, processing or reviewing any permit application for qualified data centers“Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement staff are directed to temporarily discontinue accepting, considering, processing, or reviewing any permit application for Qualified Data Centers”Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade A
- executive permit hold extension: termination Order terminates April 30, 2026 unless changed by further executive order“shall terminate on April 30, 2026, unless changed by further Executive Order”Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade A
- moratorium resolution: scope Pause on acceptance, review and approval of building and grading permits for qualified data center construction and of preliminary plans of subdivision including qualified data centers“adopting a temporary pause on processing, review and approval of building and grading permits for the construction of qualified data center uses or preliminary plans of subdivision which include qualified data centers”Local government · Sept. 2025 · grade A
- moratorium resolution: duration Earlier of 180 days or the effective date of subsequently enacted data center legislation“this resolution pauses the acceptance, review and approval of building and grading permits for proposed data centers ... for the earlier of 180 days or the effective date of subsequently enacted data center legislation”Local government · Sept. 2025 · grade A
- Square feet: 4132500 sq ft“The subject site is proposing 4,132,500 square feet of data center”Local government · Feb. 2024 · grade A
- Incentives: No campus-specific incentive agreement found. Generally available: MD sales and use tax exemption for qualified data centers (Tax-General 11-239, Commerce certification; Prince George's County is a Tier 1 cou“The sales and use tax does not apply to the sale of qualified data center personal property for use at a qualified data center”State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- county tax exemption: scope County tax exemption for data centers enacted as an economic development tool“a measure which followed the 2020 passage of a County tax exemption to attract more data center projects to the County”Local government · March 2026 · grade B
- ordinance (pending): scope CB-019-2026 would repeal the exemption from detailed site plan review for qualified data centers (code section 27-5102); applications would require preapplication neighborhood meetings and a Pl“AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING USE REGULATIONS - QUALIFIED DATA CENTERS for the purpose of repealing the exemption from detailed site plan review for qualified data centers”Local government · March 2026 · grade B
- zoning entitlement pathway (ordinance): scope Qualified data centers added as a permitted use in the County zoning ordinance“the use qualified data center was added to the County's prior Zoning Ordinance in 2021 through CB-1-2021, when the District Council allowed qualified data centers as a permitted use in the County”Local government · Feb. 2026 · grade B
- zoning entitlement pathway (ordinance): exemption Qualified data center projects exempted from Conceptual Site Plan and Detailed Site Plan review“exempted data center projects from Conceptual Site Plan and Detailed Site Plan review. These exemptions significantly reduced the time required to obtain development approvals”Local government · Feb. 2026 · grade B
- Assessed value: 6650633 USD“Current Assessment: $6,650,633.00 — Land Valuation: $6,098,400.00 — Improvement Valuation: $552,233.00”Local government · Nov. 2024 · grade B
- Assessed value: 13559300 USD“Current Assessment: $13,559,300.00 — Land Valuation: $13,559,300.00 — Improvement Valuation: $0.00”Local government · Feb. 2024 · grade B
- Announced: April 7, 2023“Date of Scoping Agreement Submission: 04/07/2023”Local government · April 2023 · grade B
- Assessed value: 556933 USD“Current Assessment: $556,933.00 — Land Valuation: $556,933.00 — Sale Price: $1,450,000.00”Local government · April 2022 · grade B
- Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 1450000 USD“Recorded: April 21, 2015 · Price: $1,450,000 · Mortgage1amount: 725000 · Grantor: PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION · Grantee: BRIGHTSEAT 202 FRONTAGE LLC · Parcel number: 13-1462357 · Address: LANDOVER RD · City: LANDOVER”County deed records · April 2015 · grade B
- Site identity: 87-acre former Landover Mall site on Brightseat Road, Landover, Prince George's County; $5B Brightseat Tech Park proposed by Brightseat Associates LLC (Lerner Enterprises / Tower Companies affiliate)“Brightseat Associates LLC, an affiliate of Lerner Enterprises and the Tower Companies, has proposed the Brightseat Tech Park, a $5 billion investment in an 87-acre site on the former Landover Mall.”Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Tenants: not stated“it is primarily a real estate development project intended to attract data center operators/tenants”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Tenant status: none, speculative; no operator named“It is unclear if Lerner and Tower, longtime partners, plan to undertake the project themselves, or sell the site in advance of construction to a data center developer”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Financing: none found“Spokespersons for the county executive and for Lerner did not immediately respond to requests for comment”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- electric service agreement: absence finding No electric service agreement, interconnection agreement, transmission security agreement or large-load filing naming this campus was found in Pepco, MD PSC, or PJM sources sea“Search cases, proceedings, administrative dockets and filings by case number or maillog tracking number”Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- executive permit hold extension: extension Hold extended a third time through September 30, 2026 (Executive Order 15-2026, Jun 29, 2026)“Prince George's County Executive Order 15-2026 extended the executive-branch permit hold through September 30 on June 29”Dataset · July 2026 · grade C
- moratorium resolution: condition Moratorium runs up to two years or until the Council enacts legislation to regulate data centers, whichever comes first“prohibits the county's planning department from considering and approving data center applications for up to two years, or until the council enacts legislation to regulate such facilities”News report · July 2026 · grade C
- executive permit hold extension: extension Hold extended a second time, from April 30, 2026 to June 30, 2026 (executive order of Apr 23, 2026; number not retrieved)“Apr 23, 2026 County Executive Braveboy issues a second extension — the permit hold is pushed from April 30 to June 30, 2026 (the moratorium did not lapse)”Dataset · May 2026 · grade C
- state tax incentive (statute): absence finding No certificate of eligibility, application, PILOT, abatement agreement, development agreement or community benefits agreement specific to this campus was found in any source“No legally binding CBAs have been executed with any data center developer in Prince George's County as of April 2026”Dataset · April 2026 · grade C
- Aliases: Landover Mall data center; Lerner Landover; former Landover Mall site“a 4.1 million-square-foot, $5 billion data center mega-campus on the former site of Landover Mall in Landover, Md”News report · Sept. 2025 · grade C
- executive permit hold: scope Temporary hold on accepting, considering and processing permit applications for qualified data centers countywide“County Executive Aisha Braveboy issued an Executive Order (EO-42-2025) placing a temporary hold on accepting, considering, and processing data center permit applications until December 31, 2025”News report · Sept. 2025 · grade C
- Stated capital cost: 5000000000 USD“Fierce public opposition to a $5 billion data center project in southern Maryland”News report · Oct. 2024 · grade C
- Tax revenue claimed: 53500000 USD/yr“Lerner projected the campus would generate $53.5 million in annual local tax revenue once fully built”News report · Oct. 2024 · grade C
- Phases: PPS 4-23024 subdivided the site into 3 parcels; buildings phased (Phase A described in press)“In March 2024, the county planning board approved a preliminary subdivision splitting it into three parcels for 4.1 million square feet of industrial space”News report · March 2024 · grade C
Permits and government (31)
- Moratoria: CR-098-2025 180-day pause (Sep 16, 2025) extended by executive orders to Sep 30, 2026; superseded by CR-066-2026 two-year moratorium (Jul 7, 2026)“This resolution extends a temporary pause on permits for the construction of data centers in Prince George's County”Local government · July 2026 · grade A
- Building / grading permits and PPS/DSP processing: two-year moratorium adopted“establishing a two (2) year moratorium on the acceptance, processing, review, and approval of applications concerning preliminary plans of subdivision and detailed site plans that include qualified data center uses”Local government · July 2026 · grade A
- Prince George's County Council (Committee of the Whole, then Council): CR-066-2026, two-year moratorium on data center PPS/DSP applications“07/07/2026 County Council adopted — Aye: 7 Oriadha, Olson, Adams-Stafford, Blegay, Dernoga, Harrison and Adams. Absent: 3 Burroughs, Fisher and Ivey Abstain: 1 Hunter”Local government · July 2026 · grade A
- Prince George's County Council: Briefing on the Qualified Data Center Task Force final report and recommendations“a briefing will be conducted on January 27, 2026, before the County Council to discuss the Qualified Date Center Task Force final report and recommendations”Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade A
- Jurisdiction local: Land use and subdivision sit with the Prince George's County District Council and the M-NCPPC Planning Board (state-created bi-county agency); building and grading permits sit with county DPIE. No sta“Prince George's County Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement staff are directed to temporarily discontinue accepting, considering, processing, or reviewing any permit application for Qualified Data Centers”Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade A
- Building / grading permits: frozen, executive hold on accepting, considering and processing“Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement staff are directed to temporarily discontinue accepting, considering, processing, or reviewing any permit application for Qualified Data Centers”Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade A
- Prince George's County Council: CR-098-2025, temporary pause on data center development approvals“09/16/2025 County Council adopted — Aye: 8 Blegay, Dernoga, Hawkins, Olson, Watson, Burroughs, Oriadha and Adams-Stafford. Absent: 3 Fisher, Harrison and Ivey”Local government · Sept. 2025 · grade A
- Prince George's County Council: CR-016-2025, establishing the Qualified Data Centers Task Force“a Resolution establishing a Qualified Data Centers Task Force ... was adopted by the Prince George's County Council on April 15, 2025. See CR-016-2025”Local government · April 2025 · grade A
- Entitlement status: Planning Board approved the preliminary plan in Mar 2024 and the final plan in Oct 2024; entitlements reported secured in late 2025; a county executive order then paused data-center permitting and a 1“entitlements only - Planning Board approved preliminary plan Mar 2024 and final plan Oct 2024, and entitlements were reported secured in late 2025, before the freeze”grade B
- FAA airspace cases within 5 nautical miles: 115 cases“2026-AEA-7178-OE Marlboro Pike - SW Quadrant Crane 50 ft 38.82035278,-76.84907778 submitted 06/15/2026”FAA · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- County code: 24033“M-NCPPC : Prince George's County Planning”Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- Stage: stalled, entitled in 2024 (PPS + final plats), then frozen: executive permit hold Sep 15, 2025 through Sep 30, 2026 and CR-066-2026 two-year moratorium on PPS/DSP and building/grading permit processing from Jul 7“establishing a two (2) year moratorium on the acceptance, processing, review, and approval of applications concerning preliminary plans of subdivision and detailed site plans that include qualified data center uses”Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- Current target date: none, no construction start date exists under the moratorium“pauses the acceptance, review and approval of building and grading permits for proposed data centers as well as preliminary plans of subdivision”Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- Prince George's County Council: CB-019-2026, repeal of the detailed site plan review exemption for qualified data centers“03/17/2026 County Council presented and referred PHED — This Council Bill was presented by Council Members Oriadha, Blegay and Dernoga and referred to the Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee”Local government · March 2026 · grade B
- Certificate of Adequacy: pre-application conference held with Planning Department staff“The Applicant scheduled and participated in a Pre-Application Conference with Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission Staff for PPS 4-23024 & Certificate of Adequacy ADQ-2023-045 on August 11, 2023”Local government · Aug. 2023 · grade B
- Site Development Concept (legacy): approved (mall-era approval cited in the PPS statement of justification)“the Applicant has obtained an approved Site Development Concept (Case #41122-2008-00) and an approved Final Grading, Erosion and Sediment Control Plan (SC #196-10)”Local government · Aug. 2023 · grade B
- M-NCPPC Planning Department staff: Pre-application conference, PPS 4-23024 and Certificate of Adequacy ADQ-2023-045“The Applicant scheduled and participated in a Pre-Application Conference with Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission Staff for PPS 4-23024 & Certificate of Adequacy ADQ-2023-045 on August 11, 2023”Local government · Aug. 2023 · grade B
- Air permit (backup generation): none found“Why Is It Paused? The project has faced community and government review concerns”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Governor Moore executive order creates a state data center review framework: projects of 25 MW or more seeking state permits, incentives or support get a written public determination (Aligned / Conditionally Aligned / No“Maryland Governor Wes Moore has signed an executive order establishing a Maryland data centre framework to review large proposed facilities seeking permits, incentives, letters of support, or other state action”News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
- County Council PHED Committee: CB-019-2026 (draft 2a), repeal of the DSP exemption plus general/master plan consistency“The PHED committee voted 5-0 to advance CB19 (draft 2a), which would repeal an exemption that allowed some qualified data centers to avoid detailed site-plan review”News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
- Prince George's County Planning Board (M-NCPPC): LDR-155-2026 (Fisher), zoning amendment to allow qualified data centers by right in agricultural/residential zones“Planning staff also said the amendment could lead to significant environmental impacts, including worsened air quality and noise pollution. The draft amendment is also inconsistent with recommendations from the county's Qualified Data Center Task Force”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Data centers were a central issue in the June 23, 2026 county Democratic primary (the effectively decisive election for County Executive); the District 5 council member for the site area, Shayla Adams-Stafford, opposes d“County Council member Shayla Adams-Stafford, whose district includes the former mall site, called the area intentional blight and said data centers should not be built near schools or residential areas”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Construction stage: not stated“the former mall is a cleared lot with an approved subdivision, a data center plan stuck behind that permit freeze”News report · June 2026 · grade C
- Task Force final report (462 pp., 14 recommendations): end by-right approvals; special-exception or planned-development review with District Council determination; residential buffers 300 ft to 400 ft; steer to industria“The report calls for ending by-right approvals that bypass public hearings and instead routing data centers through a special use exemption process with public meetings and council oversight on a project-by-project basis”News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
- Qualified Data Center Task Force: Vote to approve the final report and its 14 recommendations“The Qualified Data Center Task Force voted to approve its final report recommending that Prince George's County require special-exception or planned-development review for qualified data centers”News report · Nov. 2025 · grade C
- County permit pause: Prince George's County enacted a temporary 180-day moratorium on data center permits and construction approvals effective Sep. 16, 2025, and the County Executive issued an executive order pausing dat“Currently a temporary 180-day moratorium on permits and construction approvals has been enacted effective September 16, 2025.”Local government · Sept. 2025 · grade C
- Qualified Data Center Task Force: Regular public meeting on the proposed Landover site, preceded by a resident rally outside M-NCPPC“This rally was held outside the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission just before the Prince George's County Qualified Data Center Task Force met for its regular public meeting”News report · Sept. 2025 · grade C
- Final plat: approved“Brightseat Associates LLC, an affiliate Lerner Enterprises and The Tower Cos., gained final plat approvals Oct. 16 for 4.1 million square feet of data centers”News report · Oct. 2024 · grade C
- Site plan approval date: March 14, 2024“The Planning Board, which oversees that regulatory agency, at its March 14 meeting unanimously approved Lerner's application”News report · March 2024 · grade C
- Preliminary Plan of Subdivision: approved (unanimous)“The Planning Board, which oversees that regulatory agency, at its March 14 meeting unanimously approved Lerner's application”News report · March 2024 · grade C
- Prince George's County Planning Board (M-NCPPC): PPS 4-23024, Brightseat Tech Park preliminary plan of subdivision“The Planning Board, which oversees that regulatory agency, at its March 14 meeting unanimously approved Lerner's application”News report · March 2024 · grade C
Site and other (20)
- Name: Brightseat Tech Park“The proposed Brightseat Tech Park is proposed on the east side of Brightseat Road, north side of MD 202 (Landover Road), south of Evarts Street and west of I-95”Local government · Feb. 2024 · grade A
- Project status: stalled - entitlements only, no construction; development halted by the county moratorium with no construction start date“none - development halted by county moratorium; no construction start date exists”grade B
- County code: 24033“mall site anchor (38.9201041,-76.8564003): Prince George's County MD (24033) per FCC point-in-county lookup; the whole ~87-acre site is in Prince George's County”Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- Land control: owned, Lerner-affiliated entities hold the mall parcels (owner mailing address 2000 Tower Oaks Blvd, Rockville MD = Lerner Enterprises HQ)“Owner Name: BRIGHTSEAT PARCEL B LLC — Owner Address: 2000 Tower Oaks Blvd, Rockville, MD 20852”Local government · Nov. 2024 · grade B
- Address: 2101 Brightseat Road, Landover, MD 20785 (Hyattsville postal address)“Premise Address: 2101 Brightseat Rd, Hyattsville, MD 20785”Local government · Feb. 2024 · grade B
- Developer: Brightseat Associates LLC“Brightseat Associates, LLC (the Applicant) by and through its counsel, CLHatcher LLC, submits this Statement of Justification”Local government · Feb. 2024 · grade B
- Lerner put the entire Landover Mall site up for sale in October 2018 after the first FBI HQ process collapsed, the land has been marketed before“Political complications in 2017 undid any progress which had been made and in October 2018, Lerner put the whole site up for sale”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- GSA chose the Greenbelt site over Landover for the consolidated FBI headquarters in November 2023, removing the competing federal use and clearing the way for the data center filing“in November 2023 the Greenbelt site was chosen instead”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Water use stated: 2500000 gal/day“an 800,000-square-foot building that could draw 300 megawatts and use roughly 2.5 million gallons of water per day”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Developer affiliation: Affiliate of Lerner Enterprises and The Tower Companies (JV)“Brightseat Associates, an affiliate of Lerner Enterprises and the Tower Cos., secured entitlements to build the sprawling campus late last year”News report · Sept. 2025 · grade C
- Opposition: Change.org petition Stop Data Center at Former Landover Mall Site passed 20,000 signatures; organized opposition includes No Data Center in Landover (Taylor Frazier McCollum), Prince George's County Sierra Cl“A recent Change.org petition, dubbed Stop Data Center at Former Landover Mall Site, has garnered over 20,000 signatures”News report · Sept. 2025 · grade C
- Community opposition scaled through 2025: Change.org petition Stop Data Center at Former Landover Mall Site passed 20,000 signatures; hundreds protested at county meetings; environmental-justice framing (predominantly Bl“Last week, hundreds of county residents protested plans for the project, according to NBC Washington, raising concerns about the development's impact on public health, the environment and property values”News report · Sept. 2025 · grade C
- Acres: 87 acres“the site would house five data centers on roughly 87 acres”News report · Oct. 2024 · grade C
- Buildings: 5“Once fully operational, the site would house five data centers on roughly 87 acres”News report · Oct. 2024 · grade C
- Original target date: construction start contemplated in 2026 or 2027; no COD ever published“Construction on the campus was set to begin either next year or in 2027”News report · Oct. 2024 · grade C
- Final plat date: Oct. 16, 2024“Brightseat Associates LLC, an affiliate Lerner Enterprises and The Tower Cos., gained final plat approvals Oct. 16”News report · Oct. 2024 · grade C
- Site acres: 87 acres“five data centers on roughly 87 acres with a capacity of up to 820 megawatts”News report · Oct. 2024 · grade C
- Landover Mall structures razed in phases (2006 and 2014); the site has been a cleared vacant lot since, which is why no construction-stage evidence exists“The Landover site has remained vacant since its previous structures were razed in 2006 and 2014”News report · March 2024 · grade C
- Lerner began teeing up the data center option as a Plan B in August 2023 while the restarted FBI HQ site selection was still pending“Lerner first began teeing up the data center option as a Plan B in August”News report · March 2024 · grade C
- Announced: Jan. 15, 2024“Lerner filed an early-stage application in January for what's called a preliminary plan of subdivision”News report · Jan. 2024 · grade C
Imagery and records: Satellite imagery: Maxar via Esri World Imagery Wayback; Sentinel-2 (ESA Copernicus). County deeds: ATTOM.