Data centers in Frederick County

Quantum Loophole has been developing a roughly 2,100 acre data center park at the site of the former Alcoa Eastalco aluminum smelter near Adamstown in Frederick County, aiming to tap the site's existing heavy power infrastructure for a campus that could ultimately reach 2 gigawatts. After a legal dispute between Quantum Loophole and its financial partner TPG Real Estate Partners was resolved in 2026, TPG affiliate Catellus Development Corporation took over full management of the project, and tenants Aligned Data Centers, Rowan Digital Infrastructure, and Amazon Web Services had all broken ground, backed by a roughly 110 million dollar community benefits package that later fell apart. On October 9, 2026 Quantum Maryland sued Frederick County Executive Jessica Fitzwater in county circuit court, alleging she unlawfully used a series of executive orders, including a moratorium on data center applications now extended through July 2027, to block a more than 500 million dollar land transaction for political reasons, seeking damages and reinstatement of the project's land use approvals; the county responded that there is no emergency requiring expedited review, and Fitzwater publicly denied the allegations as the case heads toward further proceedings.