Lumen Baltimore
Baltimore County, MD
Source: OpenStreetMap
Lumen Baltimore is an operating data center in Baltimore County, MD, operated by Lumen Technologies, Inc..
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
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Overview
source: linkLumen Baltimore is an operating edge data center in Baltimore County, Maryland, run by Lumen Technologies, Inc. The site draws power from Baltimore Gas & Electric Co inside the PJM grid. Available records do not name a corporate parent above Lumen Technologies.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentLumen Technologies, Inc.
- Files asLumen Technologies, Inc.
- This facilityLumen Baltimore
In the news
source: Google News- Suit: Louisiana data center company infringing on cooling patentsNew Orleans CityBusiness· Jun 5, 2026
- Reno has six data centers, here’s where construction standsReno Gazette Journal· May 29, 2026
- Lumen Technologies to Acquire Alkira to Advance Cloud-Native Networking StrategyThe Fast Mode· May 8, 2026
- Lumen buys Alkira for USD 475 mln to drive expansion in data centre networkingTelecompaper· May 6, 2026
- Lumen to Acquire Alkira, Establishing the Control Plane for Cloud ConnectivityLumen - Investor Relations· May 5, 2026
- Data CenterLancasterOnline· Apr 28, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
What this site costs the grid
source: PJM RPM auction reportsPJM's capacity auction sets a $/MW-day price that utilities pass on to every household and business in the zone. This site sits in PJM's BGE pricing zone, where soaring data-center demand is a documented driver. See the full zone-by-zone breakdown →
Separately, a typical home in this zone pays an estimated $4 to $10/mo more on the capacity portion of its bill that PJM's market monitor attributes to data-center demand. See your address's full impact →
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Metro Baltimore), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Baltimore Leadership School For Young Women in Baltimore, is 0.3 mi from this site (494 students). 12 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.