Don’t make data centers Maryland’s development goal | READER COMMENTARY

While I agree with Michael Gill that Maryland needs to do more to make Maryland business friendly, pointing to Virginia and its data centers is not the way to make the point (“Let’s make Maryland ‘open for business’ again,” May 17).

First, Virginia is struggling with its data centers. They may have to bring back some coal-fired power plants to provide enough electricity to run them. Their neighbors complain about the noise of their constantly running cooling systems. Maryland doesn’t have enough power to cover its current peak demand...