Data Center Registry
Appeal Digital Park
Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland · All 2 Natelli Holdings sites
Appeal Digital Park is a proposed data center in Lusby, Maryland (Calvert County), operated by Natelli Holdings. The public record puts it at 300 MW planned, 133 acres.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Natelli Holdings
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- 10475 Solomons Island Road, Lusby, Calvert County, MD, 20657
- Coordinates
- 38.3900, -76.4350 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 300 MW planned
- Land
- 133 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- SMECO
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Evaporative
- Water use
- 0.4 million gallons a day, reported
- Jobs
- 110 permanent; 6,100 construction
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- No reception on record
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- March 24, 2026ProposedNatelli Holdings presented a proposal to purchase 133 acres of county-owned land (the former Dominion laydown site) at the Board of County Commissioners meeting; Calvert County held a public information meeting on April 6, 2026. Source: Calvert County Government
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of September 10, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Appeal Digital Park in Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
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Power and water
Connection to the SMECO transmission grid via a new on-site substation, cost borne by the developer.
Developer states cooling would use non-potable water from the Solomons Wastewater Treatment Plant, averaging about 0.4 MGD and reaching roughly one million gallons on peak summer days, with about one third evaporated and two thirds recirculated.
Notes on the record
Four data center buildings of roughly 200,000-220,000 sq ft each, about 70 feet tall, on 133 acres of county-owned I-2 heavy industrial land, the former Dominion Cove Point laydown site, paired with a pledged $30 million regional park on a separate Dominion-donated parcel. Capacity, water and jobs figures are developer-supplied. As of the county's data center page, no site plan application has been filed, and Calvert County's six-month moratorium on data center site plan approvals takes effect Aug. 28, 2026. Re-checked 2026-09-10: status confirmed PROPOSED, no change. Developer's own project page confirms 300 MW capacity (already in existing record, not re-filed) and states timelines remain 'subject to change...dependent upon final design development, regulatory approvals, and other factors' -- i.e. no firmer status yet. Attempted to fetch thebaynet.com's $30M-park and investment-cost coverage twice this run for investmentUsd and community.status but both returned HTTP 429 (rate-limited, not fetched) -- so no investmentUsd or community field is reported; those remain open for a future run against a non-rate-limited mirror.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- How the community has received it
Which document closes each gap
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
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Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- AWS Calvert County Data Center Campus · Lusby · Amazon Web Services3 mi · Cancelled · Mixed reception
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Appeal Digital Park data center in Lusby?
Nothing on record as of September 10, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Appeal Digital Park in Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Appeal Digital Park data center?
No lawsuit over Appeal Digital Park appears in the record we track as of September 10, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Appeal Digital Park use?
0.4 million gallons a day is the reported figure on record. Cooling is recorded as evaporative. Developer states cooling would use non-potable water from the Solomons Wastewater Treatment Plant, averaging about 0.4 MGD and reaching roughly one million gallons on peak summer days, with about one third evaporated and two thirds recirculated.
Who operates Appeal Digital Park, and how big is it?
Natelli Holdings is the operator on record. We hold 2 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 300 MW. The site is recorded at 133 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Appeal Digital Park," updated September 10, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/natelli-appeal-digital-park-lusby-md.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/natelli-appeal-digital-park-lusby-md, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Natelli Communities, Calvert County official project page · Calvert County Government · retrieved August 26, 2026
- 2.Appeal Digital Park FAQs and Fact Sheet · Natelli Holdings · retrieved August 26, 2026
- 3.Appeal Digital Park, proposed data center in Lusby, Calvert County, MD · Natelli Holdings · retrieved August 26, 2026
- 4.Data Centers, Calvert County official page (no site plan applications pending; six-month moratorium effective Aug. 28, 2026) · Calvert County Government · retrieved August 26, 2026
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