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Rowan Digital Infrastructure Frederick Campus (Bauxite I)

Adamstown, Frederick County, Maryland · All 4 Rowan Digital Infrastructure sites

Under constructionOpposedAI mixed useRecord updated August 26, 2026

Rowan Digital Infrastructure Frederick Campus (Bauxite I) is a data center under construction in Adamstown, Maryland (Frederick County), operated by Rowan Digital Infrastructure. The public record puts it at announced 2024, 300 MW planned, 151 acres. It faces documented, organized local opposition.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator
Rowan Digital Infrastructure
Facility type
Data center, AI use mixed
Location
Adamstown, Frederick County, MD
Coordinates
39.2650, -77.3940
Power capacity
300 MW planned
Land
151 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
2024
Utility
Potomac Edison (FirstEnergy)
Power source
Grid
Cooling
Evaporative
Water use
0.44 million gallons a day, reported
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
Opposed
Source confidence
Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

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.

  1. January 2024
    Under construction
    Ground broken 2024 on Bauxite I (300MW, Phase 1). Phase 2 financing: $1.24B closed February 2025, led by SMBC and MUFG; $2.2B total secured. AWS Maryland availability zone expected 2026. Source: Data Center Dynamics
  2. January 2023
    Proposed
    Rowan announced three-campus development plan at Quantum Frederick; designed as AWS Maryland availability zone host Source: Data Center Dynamics

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Organized local opposition to Rowan Digital Infrastructure Frederick Campus (Bauxite I) in Adamstown, Frederick County, Maryland is documented in the public record. Neighboring residents raised health concerns over construction dust and traffic in November 2025.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.

Neighboring residents raised health concerns over construction dust and traffic in November 2025. Frederick County overlay zone referendum effort collected 21,000+ signatures; Maryland Supreme Court case pending.

Source: Data Center Dynamics

Power and water

Served from the regional grid; the Maryland PSC approved Potomac Edison's plan to loop two existing 230 kV lines from the Doubs substation into a new switching station feeding the on-site Bauxite substation (built by Potomac Edison). County filings describe up to 92 x 2.75 MW backup generators (~253 MW, diesel or HVO).

440,000 gallons/day cooling water allocated to Rowan's 156-acre parcel per Frederick County records

Notes on the record

Rowan (Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners + Birch Infrastructure JV) serves as AWS hyperscale host at Quantum Frederick. Three campuses planned on-site total; Bauxite I is Phase 1 at 300MW. 777,150 sq ft total campus footprint. Coordinates approximate for same Quantum Frederick campus area as Aligned record. Location.city set to Adamstown per the more recent, project-specific Frederick News-Post coverage (2025-11-11, via Yahoo Finance); the 2021 Maryland Dept. of Commerce announcement had said "near Buckeystown", recorded here so the choice is auditable rather than looking arbitrary. AWS is the confirmed tenant of Bauxite I on this former Alcoa Eastalco Works site, AWS's first Maryland data center; no source confirms go-live as of this pass.

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
  • Permanent jobs promised
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.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.

Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.

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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Rowan Digital Infrastructure Frederick Campus (Bauxite I) in Adamstown?

Yes. Organized local opposition to Rowan Digital Infrastructure Frederick Campus (Bauxite I) in Adamstown, Frederick County, Maryland is documented in the public record. Neighboring residents raised health concerns over construction dust and traffic in November 2025.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Rowan Digital Infrastructure Frederick Campus (Bauxite I)?

The reception note on this record refers to a court proceeding. Read it in full under opposition and litigation above, and check the sources at the foot of the page for the filing itself.

How much water does Rowan Digital Infrastructure Frederick Campus (Bauxite I) use?

0.44 million gallons a day is the reported figure on record. Cooling is recorded as evaporative. 440,000 gallons/day cooling water allocated to Rowan's 156-acre parcel per Frederick County records

Who operates Rowan Digital Infrastructure Frederick Campus (Bauxite I), and how big is it?

Rowan Digital Infrastructure is the operator on record. We hold 4 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 300 MW. The site is recorded at 151 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Rowan Digital Infrastructure Frederick Campus (Bauxite I)," updated August 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/rowan-digital-frederick-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/rowan-digital-frederick-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. 1.Rowan secures $1.2bn for Maryland data center campus build-out · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 6, 2026
  2. 2.Rowan Digital Infrastructure is building AWS's Maryland availability zone at Quantum Frederick Campus · The Tech Capital · retrieved July 6, 2026
  3. 3.Potomac Edison granted waiver to connect Doubs substation with Rowan data center · Frederick News-Post · retrieved July 7, 2026
  4. 4.Amazon identified as tenant of Bauxite data center · Yahoo News · retrieved August 8, 2026
  5. 5.Quantum Frederick, Frederick County, MD: Maryland Data Center Series, Pt. 3, AWS BWI (Rowan Bauxite I): 151 acres, four buildings, 300 MW · Nature Forward · retrieved August 26, 2026

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