# The anti-data center activist helping China keep Maryland poor

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2 outlets covering · First listed: Washington Examiner, Nov 14, 2026, 6:45 AM · Read it: <https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4799145/the-anti-data-center-activist-helping-china-keep-maryland-poor/>

First built in 1972, the Landover Mall once featured a Hecht’s, a Sears, a Woolworth’s, and a six-screen movie theater. But by 1998, the Sears and Woolworth’s were gone, and after the Hecht’s closed in 2002, the mall was abandoned entirely before being demolished in 2006. The 90-acre plot has since sat completely empty for

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- Nov 14, 2026, 6:45 AM: [The anti-data center activist helping China keep Maryland poor](<https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4799145/the-anti-data-center-activist-helping-china-keep-maryland-poor/>) — Washington Examiner (Magazine, United States, rated Lean right)
  First built in 1972, the Landover Mall once featured a Hecht’s, a Sears, a Woolworth’s, and a six-screen movie theater. But by 1998, the Sears and Woolworth’s were gone, and after the Hecht’s closed in 2002, the mall was abandoned entirely before being demolished in 2006. The 90-acre plot has since sat completely empty for
- Nov 14, 2026, 11:35 AM: [Will We Put Data Centers in Space?](<https://www.forethought.org/research/will-we-really-put-data-centers-in-space>) — Hacker News (Aggregator, United States)