An open house for a large proposed data center campus in Frederick County drew a crowd to Laurel Ridge Community College on Tuesday afternoon.

If approved, Meadow Brook Technology Park would be located off Valley Pike (U.S. 11), just south of Stephens City. The open house was the first time the public got a chance to see detailed maps of the proposed complex, which would be situated on more than 600 acres of what is now farmland. The site is located between Hites Road to the west and Valley Pike to the east.

While there’s a heavy concentration of data centers in Loudoun and Fairfax counties, Frederick County’s only data center is near Middletown, and it has been operational for more than a decade.

Some communities have expressed opposition to data centers, due, in part, to their high en

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