After resident pushback, Amazon scraps Maryland data center plan

Its web services business had proposed an eight-building campus in Calvert County

The Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center in Lusby, Maryland, with two nuclear reactors, as seen in 2011. (The Washington Post/Getty Images)

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August 12, 2026 | 5:15 P.M.

This article was updated on Aug. 13 with Amazon's comments after the initial story published.

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